On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 03:14:59PM +0100, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais wrote:
> If you can afford that, this is the cleanest and easiest procedure you could
> find.
>
> Note that pg_basebackup need an empty PGDATA, so it will have to transfert the
> whole instance from new promoted primary to the original one.
Simple is easier to understand. Now the larger your instance, the
longer it takes to copy a base backup and the longer your reduce the
availability of your cluster. So be careful with what you choose.
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Michael