Hi, We have two PostgreSQL 8.2 database servers: A master and a warm-standby server. We plan on making an initial backup of the master onto the standby and then use log-shipping with "real-time" WAL-file processing as described in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/warm-standby.html My question is this: If the master database is fairly busy, gets VACUUMed once a day, etc. can we expect the warm standby server to work correctly after days/weeks/months/years of log shipping, or should we periodically take new base backups? How long would you go between base backups? Or is one initial copy really sufficient with WAL-shipping-and-consuming working perfectly thereafter? Regards, David. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
