X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E809DC9E3; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:51:32 -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 23156-08; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:51:32 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from smtp-4.hut.fi (smtp-4.hut.fi [130.233.228.94]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE7C9DC99C; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:51:28 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (putosiko.hut.fi [130.233.228.114]) by smtp-4.hut.fi (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jBQJpEPp000746; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:51:14 +0200 Received: from smtp-4.hut.fi ([130.233.228.94]) by localhost (putosiko.hut.fi [130.233.228.114]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23127-13-2; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:51:13 +0200 (EET) Received: from kosh.hut.fi (kosh.hut.fi [130.233.228.10]) by smtp-4.hut.fi (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jBQJkipc032497; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:46:44 +0200 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:46:44 +0200 (EET) From: Heikki Linnakangas To: Bruce Momjian cc: "Joshua D. Drake" , PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Online backup vs Continuous backup In-Reply-To: <200512261907.jBQJ76Q17355@candle.pha.pa.us> Message-ID: References: <200512261907.jBQJ76Q17355@candle.pha.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-TKK-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.1.2-hutcc at putosiko.hut.fi X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.222 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.222] X-Spam-Score: 0.222 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200512/38 X-Sequence-Number: 3386 On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >> I have never heard the term Continuous backup. Although I have heard >> online backup. The problem is that when I hear the term online backup >> I think Hot backup which is what we do with pg_dump. > > Yes, that is my problem too. > >> I would just call the other Point in time recovery :) > > The problem there is that it is "recovery", and the documentation talks > about the "backup" step. I am thinking we are going to have to add > something like "Continuous backup, also called Online Backup" or > something like that. FWIW, I believe "log archival" is a common term for that. - Heikki