Re: [HACKERS] Use of non-restart-safe storage by temp_tablespaces

On Mon, Jun  5, 2017 at 04:38:32PM -0500, Jerry Sievers wrote:
> The SAN snaps capture the entire pgdata and WAL pg_xlog area but there
> is no attempt to copy the NVME device when the snaps are made.
> 
> There's an event trigger plus batch job now running tou avoid this risk.
> 
> We realize too that there are implications here if a backup is
> instantiated and PITR is done.
> 
> Just FYI that there could be others running like this ignorant of the
> potential gotchas.

Yes, if we implement the TODO you will create a TEMPORARY tablespace
that can't contain non-temporary and/or non-unlogged tables.

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