X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837C59DCA1E for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 03:20:38 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51352-02 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 03:20:38 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.leadership-solutions.net (unknown [64.90.195.136]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027389DC9FA for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 03:20:35 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail 32615 invoked by uid 1011); 4 Jan 2006 00:20:08 -0700 Received: from 67.107.200.55 by blackmamba.leadership-solutions.net (envelope-from , uid 1010) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.80/609. spamassassin: 3.0.1. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(67.107.200.55):SA:0(-2.6/1.0):. Processed in 0.326027 secs); 04 Jan 2006 07:20:08 -0000 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: rick@alpinenetworking.com via blackmamba.leadership-solutions.net X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(67.107.200.55):SA:0(-2.6/1.0):. Processed in 0.326027 secs Process 32608) Received: from 67.107.200.55.ptr.us.xo.net (HELO ?192.168.0.90?) (rgigger%leadership-solutions.net@67.107.200.55) by mail.leadership-solutions.net with SMTP; 4 Jan 2006 00:20:07 -0700 In-Reply-To: <10947.1135622655@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <200512261755.jBQHt5L21116@candle.pha.pa.us> <10947.1135622655@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <84ED93C1-AE8A-4135-813A-6AC251CE5DD9@alpinenetworking.com> Cc: Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Rick Gigger Subject: Re: [DOCS] Online backup vs Continuous backup Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:23:19 -0700 To: Tom Lane X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/146 X-Sequence-Number: 78250 How about: use "Online backup" or "Hot backup" to refer to either method of back since they are both done while the system is online or hot. If you want to get specific refer to doing a "sql dump" etc for using pg_dump Then use "Incremental backup" to refer to the whole process of the WAL archival etc Refer to the actual log files themselves as transaction logs. That all seems to be pretty intuitive and non-ambiguous non-confusing to me. On Dec 26, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: >> I suggest the following patch to rename our capability "Continuous >> Backup". > > This doesn't seem like an improvement. "Online backup" is the > standard > terminology AFAIK. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org >