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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup
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To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:45:07 -0500 (EST)
CC: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>,
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Montag, 26. Dezember 2005 20:46 schrieb Heikki Linnakangas:
> > FWIW, I believe "log archival" is a common term for that.
> 
> I like that better, although there are a lot of logs, so maybe
> "transaction log archival".

Yep, when I think of log archiving, I think of saving the server logs,
which thanks to log file rotation, we kind of support.

The problem is that when I think of the transaction log, I think of clog
because it is the transaction status log.  :-(

I am thinking anything that says "log" is going to be confusing. How about
"Transaction Archiving"?

> Considering the list originally referenced:
> 
> - File system backup - SQL dump - (Transaction log archival?)
> 
> This addresses the technical workings of the various backup systems.
> The fact that it is or isn't on-line, hot, continuous, fast, or flexible
> is secondary.

To me, the continuous activity is the significant feature of that backup
method.  I chose "Continuous Backup" because it is the continual
activity that is significant.  "Continuous Archiving"?

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