Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a 'strange' situation:
>
> I need to make a replica copy of my database to a reduntant
> spare
> computer.
>
> The reduntant computer is not running postgres, but postgres is
> installed. The redundant computer is running in a special
> run-level (I'm
> talking Linux here) in which Pg is _not_ running.
>
> When the primary computer crashes the redundant one will be
> rebooted in
> 'normal' mode and Postgres must be started with the databases
> from the
> replica.
You could use WAL archiving, but you'll want a fairly regular
full-backup of PG's files otherwise the recovery could take a long time.
See Ch 23 of the manuals for details.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd