the network transfer does not bother me for now. i will first try to do the whole procedure without compression, so as not to waste any cpu util and time for compressing and decompressing. through the 4Gbps ethernet, the 200GB of the day can be transferred in a matter of minutes. so i will try it and get back with the results. thx to all -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/warm-standby-apply-wal-archives-tp4770567p4773807.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general