pgsql@mohawksoft.com writes:
> Maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't the prospect of data loss (even
> in the presense of admin ignorance) be something that should be
> unacceptable? Certainly within the realm "normal PostgreSQL" operation.
[ shrug... ] The DBA will always be able to find a way to shoot himself
in the foot. We've seen several instances of people blowing away
pg_xlog and pg_clog, for example, because they "don't need log files".
Or how about failing to keep adequate backups? That's a sure way for an
ignorant admin to lose data too.
Once autovacuum gets to the point where it's used by default, this
particular failure mode should be a thing of the past, but in the
meantime I'm not going to panic about it.
regards, tom lane
