On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:03:35PM -0400, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote: > I have it set as follows: > archive_command = 'rsync -a %p backup_server:/pgsql_pitr/%f' > > Any comments as to whether or not this is a *good* choice? Are you also doing the dance with pg_start_backup(), doing a file copy of main, and then pg_stop_backup()? That's your full backup; the PITR files are something like incremental backups and need the copy of main to play against. Wayne Conrad