Re: "hot standby" system

> 
> Is this possible today in a stable and robust way? If so, can we 
> document the procedure? If not, should we alter the documentation so 
> it's not misleading? I've had several people ask me where to enable the 
> "hot standby" feature, not realizing that PostgreSQL only has some of 
> the raw materials that could be used to architect such a thing.

Well it works fine depending on how you set it up :) Please feel free to 
submit a patch to the docs.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> - Chris
> 
> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/backup-online.html
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