On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 09:53:01AM -0700, Joshua Drake wrote: > > -hackers, > > After my brain flatulence last week on backups, I decided to read > the docs again. There are some improvements that I would like to > make and wanted some feedback: > > 1. File System Level Backup > > The section should be a note within the larger document. It is > largely a legacy section from before 8.3.
Uh, file system snapshots on VMs make this feature still useful, I think. > 2. Rework the paragraph about consistent snapshots into its own section OK. > 3. Push the rsync paragraph (and edit where appropriate) within the > continuous archiving section. > > 3a. Add information about robocopy (windows rsync) Oh, yes, we should mention robocopy. I had never heard of that. > 4. Move continuous archiving up above everything except pg_dump. > Perhaps change time to Online Backup. Uh, I don't like Online Backup because pg_dump is an "online" backup, no? > 4a. I want to do some general rewording, there are some places > where the documentation is not clear. I can just do this and then > let the reviewers have their say. Sure. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
