Re: Replication and PITR

[Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 07:58:41AM +0200, Bo Lorentsen wrote:
> Interesting note ... do you know how fare PG would be from being able to 
> be in "read-only" state when receiving PITR data ? Is it a complex 
> problem or a simple one to solve ?

I don't know that it's even possible.  The PITR replica is
essentially a node in permanent crash-recovery mode until it's caught
up.  Think of Oracle's comparable product -- you can't read from
those replicas either.

A

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