"Mr. Dan" <bitsandbytes88@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We had to kill postmaster, and it's been ugly. The last backup finished > successfully not last night, but the night before. This is 161 GB database. > How long should I expect this to take before it starts. Not longer than the time since the last checkpoint. What does pg_controldata show? Is the recovery process actually doing any work? regards, tom lane