Re: Barman versus pgBackRest

Hi Thomas,

On 4/11/18 3:14 AM, Thomas Poty wrote:
> 
> Sorry for answering only now but I just saw you answer only now.
> 
>  > To be clear, I'm the original author and primary maintainer of
> pgBackRest.
> 
> I am very happy to see guys like you to take time to answer me. Thank you

You are welcome.  Users are the reason I work on this project.

>  >This a good feature, and one that has been requested for pgBackRest. You
>  >can do this fairly trivially with ssh, however, so it generally hasn't
>  >been a big deal for people.  Is there a particular reason you need this
>  >feature?
> 
> The reason is probably a psychologic matter but I like the idea of a 
> unique connecting point to restore DBs of different location.
> 
> I am very impatient to see "replication slot" support and "remote 
> restore" feature added.

Remote restore is likely to land first, though neither feature is 
currently at the top of the list.  Unfortunately, we have limited 
resources and must prioritize.

Regards,
-- 
-David
david@pgmasters.net