Re: [GENERAL] replicating to a stopped server

2007-10-17 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 19:59 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote: > You could use WAL archiving, but you'll want a fairly regular > full-backup of PG's files otherwise the recovery could take a long time. > See Ch 23 of the manuals for details. Restartable recovery avoids the need to re-sync from the pr

Re: [GENERAL] replicating to a stopped server

2007-10-15 Thread Joao Miguel Ferreira
On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 14:09 -0500, Erik Jones wrote: > On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Richard Huxton wrote: > > > Joao Miguel Ferrei > Are you restricted to keep that second server in that special run- > level? If not, I'd consider using pg_standby with WAL archiving to > keep your failover serv

[GENERAL] replicating to a stopped server

2007-10-14 Thread Joao Miguel Ferreira
Hello, I have a 'strange' situation: I need to make a replica copy of my database to a reduntant spare computer. The reduntant computer is not running postgres, but postgres is installed. The redundant computer is running in a special run-level (I'm talking Linux here) in which Pg is _not_ runni

Re: [GENERAL] replicating to a stopped server

2007-10-12 Thread Erik Jones
On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Richard Huxton wrote: Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote: Hello, I have a 'strange' situation: I need to make a replica copy of my database to a reduntant spare computer. The reduntant computer is not runnin

Re: [GENERAL] replicating to a stopped server

2007-10-12 Thread Richard Huxton
Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote: Hello, I have a 'strange' situation: I need to make a replica copy of my database to a reduntant spare computer. The reduntant computer is not running postgres, but postgres is installed. The

[GENERAL] replicating to a stopped server

2007-10-12 Thread Joao Miguel Ferreira
Hello, I have a 'strange' situation: I need to make a replica copy of my database to a reduntant spare computer. The reduntant computer is not running postgres, but postgres is installed. The redundant computer is running in