Re: PATCH: Exclude additional directories in pg_basebackup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Steele
Subject Re: PATCH: Exclude additional directories in pg_basebackup
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Msg-id 998e9447-67ef-1d2f-d227-363de456b59e@pgmasters.net
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In response to Re: PATCH: Exclude additional directories in pg_basebackup  (Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>)
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On 8/15/16 4:58 PM, Jim Nasby wrote:
> On 8/15/16 2:39 PM, David Steele wrote:
>> That patch got me thinking about what else could be excluded and after
>> some investigation I found the following: pg_notify, pg_serial,
>> pg_snapshots, pg_subtrans.  These directories are all cleaned, zeroed,
>> or rebuilt on server start.
>
> If someone wanted to scratch an itch, it would also be useful to put
> things that are zeroed under a single dedicated directory, so that folks
> who wanted to could mount that on a ram drive. It would also be useful
> to do that for stuff that's only reset on crash (to put it on local
> storage as opposed to a SAN).

I definitely have something like that in mind and thought this was a 
good place to start.

-- 
-David
david@pgmasters.net



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