Re: Using rsync for base backups for PITR

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От Bruce Momjian
Тема Re: Using rsync for base backups for PITR
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Msg-id 200710101639.l9AGdRr01651@momjian.us
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Ответ на Using rsync for base backups for PITR  ("Scott Whitney" <swhitney@journyx.com>)
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Scott Whitney wrote:
> I'm reading conflicting information on this. Is this a supported technique?
>
> start_backup
> rsync the initial base backup
> stop_backup
>
> Then, periodically,
> start_backup
> rsync again
> stop_backup
>
> It's my opinion that this wouuld significantly cut down the 30GB base backup
> I'll need to take for each PITR.

Uh, well, yes, that will work, but you don't have a valid archive
_while_ the rsync is happening.  I think that would be a problem if
there was a failure during the rsync update.

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