Re: Streaming replication, loose ends - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: Streaming replication, loose ends
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Msg-id 4B50A641.7010200@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: Streaming replication, loose ends  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Streaming replication, loose ends  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Streaming replication, loose ends  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Re: Streaming replication, loose ends  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>>> Uh, do we really want to call this "replication" rather than archive log
>>> streaming or something.  It seems "replication" is a generic term and
>>> will confuse people who are using other replication solutions like
>>> Slony.
>> +1, it is not replication. I would call it something like continuous
>> archiving or streaming pitr
> 
> Of course "PITR" does stand for "point-in-time replication"...

I'm not sure if you're joking, but PITR actually stands for
Point-In-Time *Recovery*.

--  Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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