Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjc1S-0001RY-Oy for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:47:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjc1Q-0000Eq-UT for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:47:20 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjc1O-0000Ed-W3 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:47:19 +0000 Received: from 01.zmailcloud.com ([192.198.85.104] helo=mx-out-1.zmailcloud.com) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjc1F-0000Gz-QN for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:47:17 +0000 Received: from smtp.01.com (smtp.01.com [10.10.0.43]) by mx-out-1.zmailcloud.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1410A563F81 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-2.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 053736024A for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:08 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-2.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-2.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OHKDa_x9wVoq for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from smtp.01.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-2.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D876A6035E for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-2.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C988960357 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-2.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-2.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id kUyv_FYE2udZ for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [172.47.23.103] (50-0-89-106.dsl.dynamic.fusionbroadband.com [50.0.89.106]) by smtp-out-2.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5EA326024A for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <54516E69.2060007@agliodbs.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:47:05 -0700 From: Josh Berkus Organization: PostgreSQL Experts Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: 9.4 recommendations for archive_command vs. replication slots References: <54454EB7.9010601@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org On 10/20/2014 11:04 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > The 9.4 documentation for streaming replication still starts out by > making you set up archive_command and restore_command. Isn't that > obsolete now with replication slots? Shouldn't the first step be to set > up replication slots and then go from there? Well, bluntly, our replication docs should be taken out behind the barn with an axe. They tell you more about the development history of PostgreSQL than they tell you about how to replicate. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs