Re: Streaming a base backup from master - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Streaming a base backup from master
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Msg-id AANLkTimBrRepmXjQkCjLAdw7QyxKRDsxbp=6GRbUt1+4@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Streaming a base backup from master  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
Responses Re: Streaming a base backup from master  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
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On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> rsync? Might be easier to use that from day 1 (well, day 2) than to
> retrofit later.

I'm not sure we want to depend on an external utility like that,
particularly one that users may not have installed.  And I'm not sure
if that can be made to work over a libpq channel, either.  But
certainly something with that functionality would be nice to have,
whether it ends up sharing code or not.

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Robert Haas
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