Wells Oliver <wellsoliver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I admit to being scared as crap of rsync'ing a live database to > another server. Like chills are running down my spine even typing > it. Is this an approved, safe thing? It is fine, as long as you're doing it between the pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup() calls. We do it on 100 production databases every week. It is approved, documented, and safe. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin