Re: pg_basebackup failing - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: pg_basebackup failing
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Msg-id CABUevEzoihrGkFOYnMde5NxDhXfA+mnJd5jr-5mjKs7XLdRDhA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: pg_basebackup failing  (Sameer Kumar <sameer.kumar@ashnik.com>)
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On Jan 15, 2014 12:07 PM, "Sameer Kumar" <sameer.kumar@ashnik.com> wrote:
>>
>> The error you are seeing is triggered because this relation file
>> exceeds MAX_TAR_MEMBER_FILELEN or 8GB for a single tar member, which
>> is as well the norm for tar.
>
>
> I thought PostgreSQL would break the file if it grows beyond 1GB (1GB is segment size which one can modify while compiling). Am I missing something or have I got it totally wrong?
>

Yeah, how did you actually end up with a file that size? Do you have any non standard compiler options set when you built your server?

/Magnus

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