On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM Adelino Silva < adelino.j.si...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > What is the advantage to use archive_mode = always in a slave server > compared to archive_mode = on (shared WAL archive) ? > I only see duplication of Wal files, what is the purpose of this feature ? > You might not have a shared wal archive in the first place. For example, your only access to the master is through the streaming replication protocol, but you want to maintain a local WAL archive anyway so you can PITR locally for testing or debugging purposes. Cheers, Jeff