Jeff Janes wrote > I restore from my base backup plus WAL quite often. It is how I get a > fresh dev or test instance when I want one. (It is also how I have > confidence that everything is working well and that I know what I'm doing > should the time come to do a real restore). When that starts to take an > annoyingly long time, I run a new base backup. How often that is, can be > anywhere from days to months, depending on what's going on in the > database. > > Cheers, > > Jeff That makes sense. So we take a new base backup once we feel "Hey , recovery may take time". Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/PostgreSQL-Point-In-Time-Recovery-tp5775717p5775872.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