Re: Add timeline to partial WAL segments - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Add timeline to partial WAL segments
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Msg-id 20181212051413.GJ17695@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: Add timeline to partial WAL segments  (David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>)
Responses Re: Add timeline to partial WAL segments
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:27:30PM -0500, David Steele wrote:
> And yeah, I'm not sure that I'm totally sold on this idea either, but I
> wanted to get a conversation going.

Another idea which I think we could live with is to embed within the
segment file name the LSN switch point, in a format consistent with
backup history files.  And as a bonus it could be used for sanity
checks.

(I am completely sold to the idea of prioritizing file types in the
archiver.)
--
Michael

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