Re: autovacuum and immediate shutdown issues

Brad Nicholson <bnichols@ca.afilias.info> writes:
> On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 12:07 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> That seems like a fundamentally stupid idea, unless you are unconcerned
>> with the time and cost of getting the DB running again, which seemingly
>> you are.

> I disagree that this is fundamentally stupid.  We are talking about a
> situation where the server is about to die, HA solution kicks in and
> moves it to standby.

Moving it to standby immediately is a good idea, but it does not follow
that you need to hit the DB over the head with a hammer.  A fast-mode
shutdown seems perfectly adequate.  If it isn't, you're going to need
nontrivial recovery effort anyhow.

            regards, tom lane