On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 05:06:37PM -0500, Ron wrote: > On 6/13/20 1:46 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 08:53:45PM +0200, Andreas Joseph Krogh wrote: > > > I agree these are all technical issues, but nevertheless - "implementation > > > details", which DBAs don't care about. What's important from a DBA's > > > perspective is not whether WAL is cluster-wide or database-wide, but whether > > > it's possible to manage backups/PITR/restores of individual databases in a more > > > convenient matter, which other RDBMS-vendors seem to provide. > > > I love PG, have been using it professionally since 6.5, and our company depends > > > on it, but there are things other RDBMS-vendors do better... > > The bigger issue is that while we _could_ do this, it would add more > > problems and complexity, and ultimately, I think would make the > > software less usable overall and would be a net-negative. We know of no > > way to do it without a ton of negatives. > > How do other RDBMSs do it with ease? (I know it's an architectural issue, > but what's the architectural issue?) I don't know. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> https://momjian.us EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
