> It really depends. Having multiple backups over time will limit the > risk that corruption gets propagated to a slave system. Also, there is > a CRC on the WAL records which are shipped, which helps a bit, but there > are still cases where corruption can get you. The best thing is to have > frequent, tested, backups. >
How does one validate a backup? Is there any generally practiced way of doing that? Or what do you mean when you say "tested" backups? -- Amit Langote -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
