Re: [GENERAL] Backup strategy using 'wal_keep_segments'

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Rhhh Lin <ruanlinehan@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is this approach feasible? Assuming obviously, we have sufficient disk space
> to facilitate 1000 WAL files etc.

You expose yourself to race conditions with such methods if a
checkpoint has the bad idea to recycle past segments that your logic
is copying. So I would advise to not do that. Instead of using the
archive command, you should also consider using pg_receivexlog
combined with a replication slot. This brings way more control with
the error handling.
--
Michael