> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >
> > WAL was a difficult feature to add to 7.1. Currently, it is only used
> > as a performance benefit, but I expect it will be used in the future to
> > add new features like:
> >
> > Advanced Replication
>
> How?
I guess other hosts could read the WAL to find out what changed.
>
> > Point-in-time recovery
>
> I thought that was understood from Vadim's explanations?
Yes, I am just reiterating that WAL may be related to future new
features.
>
> > Row reuse without vacuum
>
> How? Didn't even see these as being related ...
It may be. Not sure.
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