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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: base backup client as auxiliary backend process
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:15:24 -0300
Message-ID: <20190911221524.GA16563@alvherre.pgsql> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <62e860f2-ae4b-67a1-b65d-04c3d1bf6aff@2ndquadrant.com>

On 2019-Aug-30, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Attached is an updated patch for this.  I have changed the initdb option
> name per suggestion.  The WAL receiver is now started concurrently with
> the base backup.  There is progress reporting (ps display), fsyncing.
> Configuration files are not copied anymore.  There is a simple test
> suite.  Tablespace support is still missing, but it would be
> straightforward.

This is an amazing feature.  How come we don't have people cramming to
review this?

-- 
Álvaro Herrera                https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services





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