Re: Backup docs

On 5 June 2012 14:43, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> In reference to:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/continuous-archiving.html
>
> I would like to see that page changed to list pg_basebackup as the
> "default" way of doing base backups, and then list the "manual way" as
> an option if you need more flexibility.

Agreed, but prefer phrasing old approach as "lower level API" or similar.


> The reason being that for the majority of users that's going to be
> flexible enough, and it's easier to use. And it doesn't hurt to show
> that setting these things up really doesn't have to be that hard.
>
> But since I'm definitely slightly biased on this, I'm not going to go
> changing anything, or even write up suggested changing, until I can
> get some agreement that making this change is good in the first place
> ;) Thus, please...
>
> I'd also like to add "pg_basebackup -x" under standalone hot backups,
> again as the main option.
>
>
> I also wonder if we need a tl;dr; section of that whole page that just
> goes through *what to do*, rather than why we do it? Of course not
> removing the details, just showing the simplest case in, um, a simpler
> way?
>
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