On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Sergey Konoplev <gray.ru@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Kal Black <kaloblak@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to figure out if wal archiving from a standby is possible and a
>> viable option for a backup strategy on Postgresql 9.3. The idea is to be
>> able to take regular base backups and wal archives from a standby server in
>> a remote DR site. Unfortunately, the archive_command functionality is not
>> available while the server is in standby_mode mode so I am wandering if the
>> wal archiving could be done successfully using alternative ways like rsync,
>> lsyncd etc. Does anyone tried to go this path and eventually share his
>> experience.
>
> 9.3 introduced a cascading replication feature [1] that allows you to
> stream WAL from standbys to other standbys.
Picky correction: cascading replication has been added in 9.2.
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Michael
