Tom Lane said:
> The planned PITR feature would not require you to take anything offline.
> The whole concept of an "offline" database is an Oracle-ism that I see
> no value in emulating.
> I dunno what a "dump file" would equate to in Postgres terms, but yeah,
> we're envisioning using ordinary filesystem tools (tar, say) as the
> mechanism for handling a baseline backup.
(I think) that was the point I was trying to make. Oracle lets you backup
while up and running (using export) OR when offline (copying db files)...
However, it looks like postgres will require a file system level backup to
recover from. Or will you be able to build a new db from the dump file,
and then apply the WAL segments?
John Sidney-Woollett
