> Your question isn't specific enough. What does "not compromised" mean? Every technique for archiving records has some impact on some part of your system. Is a 0.1% impact too > much? A 1% impact? A 10% impact? A factor of 2 slowdown? Sorry if my original question has not clearly conveyed my requirement. First, let me accept that I'm not a good DBA Expert (am a beginner), however I'm trying to learn things. Actually, am finding out various techniques/options *itself* available for archiving database records. Based on the techniques available, I can see/assess on how much it could impact our application, so that I can choose one and adopt that suits our needs. In fact your response was an eye-opener for me to think further in detail. > Do you need real-time archiving, a few minutes delay, or once a month backup? Yes, we're looking for real-time archiving. Once the records are archived, Users in the application should able to perform search within archives also after few minutes of time. > Do you need a hot standby or records that can be retrieved in a few hours? It would be helpful if you can share the techniques/options available for hot standby also. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin