On Tuesday, July 30, 2013, James Sewell wrote: > I understand what you are saying, and I understand how the backup_label > works - but I still don't understand why the pg_start and pg_stop commands > are REQUIRED when doing a snapshot backup to ensure data integrity. > > Surely not using them and restoring a snapshot is the same as starting > after a crash, and will result in log replay to get to the latest possible > consistent state? >
That's true provided that all of your data is on a single volume, and you trust your "snapshot" to be free of bugs. Cheers, Jeff >
