Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > The reason we run a shutdown checkpoint is to prevent needing to > re-enter recovery if we crash after promotion.
That's *a* reason, it's not necessarily the only reason. This proposal worries me, especially your blithe dismissal of the timeline issues; but in any case I would not trust it without a detailed review of all WAL replay activities, which you don't sound to have done. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers