Re: about and feature matrix on site

Q: does pgsql create data files using the filesystem and OS API, or does
it try to write directly into NTFS without using the API? because if it
uses the API, I can down the server and back it up as an alternative,
check the fs, etc.


On 6/20/2016 8:48 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
>> On 2016-06-20 5:23 PM, Jim Michaels wrote:
>>> both about and feature matrix on site should contain the critical
>>> feature that the db files can be backed up since they do not mod the fs
>>> under the hood like other DBMS. this is very important for me.
>> Huh?  You can ABSOLUTELY NOT take backups of postgres that way.
> Actually you can, as long as the server is stopped.
>