On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 08:30:55PM +0530, Raghavendra wrote: > > Is it a best practice to keep cluster in Archive_mode = on and setup > streaming replication or just leave archive_mode=off? Depends. The reason for creating WAL is in case they are needed for recovery. In the event that the stby host goes down, if bringing it back into service exceeds wal_keep_segments on the primary then you would need to rebuild the standby. This is a local decision and should be made based on business rules. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
