pgBackRest preview: verify recovery target timeline on restore
Have you ever faced timeline issues during PostgreSQL recovery? It can be frustrating to complete a restore only to discover during recovery that the timeline is invalid,…
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Avoiding the WAL Archives Retention Trap in pgBackRest
While answering support issues on pgBackRest, I regularly see some users falling in the infinite archives retention trap and asking the same question: Why are my old…
From Backup to Integrity: Leveraging WAL-G for PostgreSQL
A key aspect of maintaining backup integrity is understanding data checksums. Without proper checksum validation, detecting data corruption becomes virtually impossible. Therefore, we will start with The…
The importance of PostgreSQL timelines
Flashpoint: have you ever watched a Sci-Fi movie where the main character goes back in time, change something there (i.e. save his mother’s life) and then comes…