On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 12:58 +0400, Ivan Zolotukhin wrote: > Just a few points on pg_start_backup() from user point of view. I > personally would prefer to have some control over the process, e.g. it > would be nice to have proposed pg_start_backup(label text, > immediate_chkpt boolean). I've added this function to Infrastructure Changes for Recovery (v8) patch, with a NOTICE message as suggested also. Seemed easier to work on it while I was there. No changes to bgwriter smoothing. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support