Re: Using pg_rewind for differential backup

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
> > It also would be quite straightforward to write a separate tool to do
> just
> > that. Would be better than conflating pg_rewind with this. You could use
> > pg_rewind as the basis for it - it's under the same license as
> PostgreSQL.
>
> ​Agree. I would want to work on that.​

> If we had such a tool in core, would that completely solve the
> differential backup problem, or would more be needed?

​In my opinion​ yes.

​
> ​This discussion is not really adapted on hackers as pg_rewind is not
> included in Postgres core code. Please let's discuss your proposal there.​

​Got it​. But given the above, can we keep this discussion thread here?

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