On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Brad Nicholson <bnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. All of this is completely besides the point that a database that's been shutdown immediately / had the power cord yanked comes back up and doesn't start autovacuuming automatically, which seems a non-optimal behaviour. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
