Re: Streaming replication: rsync to switchover

On 04/19/2011 10:09 AM, Gerhard Hintermayer wrote:
> assuming you have configured rsyncd on the server as:
>
> [postgresql-data]
>      uid = postgres
>      path = /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data
>      comment = PostgreSQL 9.0 data dir
>      exclude = postmaster.log pg_xlog/* postmaster.pid postgresql.conf

So you keep the old pg_xlog ... But, what about wal that the former
master hasn't yet sent to the slave? I wonder if the former-master could
apply them, becoming out-of-sync with the former-slave (that never
recevied those wal).

thanks

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rudi