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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <[email protected]>
Cc: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:29:50 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> writes:
> >> 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"?
> 
> I like Peter's suggestion as-is; or "WAL Archiving".  I don't like
> applying adjectives that are not specific to the particular method.
> That will just create more confusion down the road if we add another
> feature that could also be called "continuous archiving".

I do like "WAL Archiving" but I am concerned that it references a
specific internal implementation detail (WAL).  Is that OK?  Also, I am
concerned that is specificially talks about archiving the wal files and
is not general enough to include the file system backup that is also
necessary.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian   http://candle.pha.pa.us
  SRA OSS, Inc.   http://www.sraoss.com

  + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +

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