Re: Is file system replication sufficient to recovery? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Is file system replication sufficient to recovery?
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Msg-id 2286514.1640886731@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Is file system replication sufficient to recovery?  (Tom Korach <tom@safekeep.com>)
Responses Re: Is file system replication sufficient to recovery?  (Tom Korach <tom@safekeep.com>)
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Tom Korach <tom@safekeep.com> writes:
>> What do you mean exactly by "file-system replication"?

> RAID1 setup (specifically, between two disks or EBS volumes [on AWS]),
> using LVM.

Maybe I'm missing something, but AFAIK plain old RAID will not protect
you against any scenario except failure of a single disk.  It certainly
won't do anything to help you revert to a prior database state.

The docs page I pointed you to is part of a chapter that lays out all
the backup methods the PG community considers reliable.  I strongly
suggest sticking to one of those and not trying to take shortcuts.
(The following chapter on high-availability setups is relevant
reading as well.)

            regards, tom lane



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