Gabe Nell wrote: > > That section has been removed from the current 9.0 docs because we are > > unsure it works. > > Hmm. So the only way to make a consistent backup from a standby server > is to shut down the standby first? Or is even that problematic? > > Would it change anything if we are able to guarantee that the > filesystem is snapshotted as a point-in-time snapshot by using LVM or > on Amazon EC2 by snapshotting an EBS volume? I believe a snapshot of the standby is fine even if it is running, just like on the master. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
