On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Ray Stell <ste...@cns.vt.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 08:30:55PM +0530, Raghavendra wrote: > > > > Is it a best practice to keep cluster in Archive_mode = on and setup > > streaming replication or just leave archive_mode=off? > > Depends. The reason for creating WAL is in case they are needed for > recovery. > In the event that the stby host goes down, if bringing it back into service > exceeds wal_keep_segments on the primary then you would need to rebuild > the standby. This is a local decision and should be made based on business > rules. > Thanks Ray. --Raghav
