Re: Simplifying "standby mode"

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 11:37 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > > If we are in standby mode, then rather than ending recovery we go into a
> > > wait loop. We poll for the next file, then sleep for 1000 ms, then poll
> > > again. When a file arrives we mark a restartpoint each checkpoint.
> > 
> > > We need the standby_mode to signify the difference in behaviour at
> > > end-of-logs, but we may not need a parameter of that exact name.
> > 
> > > The piece I have been puzzling over is how to initiate a failover when
> > > in standby_mode. I've not come up with a better solution than checking
> > > for the existence of a trigger file each time round the next-file wait
> > > loop. This would use a naming convention to indicate the port number,
> > > allowing us to uniquely identify a cluster on any single server. That's
> > > about as portable and generic as you'll get.
> > 
> > The original intention was that all this sort of logic was to be
> > external in the recovery_command script.  I'm pretty dubious about
> > freezing it in the C code when there's not yet an established
> > convention for how it should work.  I'd kinda like to see a widely
> > accepted recovery_command script before we move the logic inside
> > the server.
> 
> OK, I'll submit a C program called pg_standby so that we have an
> approved and portable version of the script, allowing it to be
> documented more easily.

I think we are still waiting for this.  I am also waiting for more PITR
documentation to go with the recent patches.

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