Hi Robert:
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Robert Inder <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11 March 2015 at 17:32, Francisco Olarte <folarte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This is, build an streaming replication slave, pg_dump from the slave. If
>> needed, restore in the master.
...
> I really like the idea of running pg_dump on the slave, but I don't understand
> how I could do it.
....
> Or Is this something that has changed with Postgres 9?
> We're currently running Postgres 8.4.
> Is this my specific reason to embark on an upgrade?
It's been answered before, but yes, streaming replication is a (
someone may say THE ) 9.0 feature. My fault, I've been using it for so
long I forgot the past. If you are using log shipping I would
recommend some tests and considering an upgrade, I've found
replication is much simpler and easier with it.
Regards.
Francisco Olarte.
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