Re-add documentation recommendation to use gzip/gunzip for archive file

storage.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index bd7e42d0bbb813f9c44b00cf2b5b1f96b04627ac..0180df5ddb7408a38a780a07a671c14bf3f2bbb5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1246,6 +1246,17 @@ tar -rf /var/lib/pgsql/backup.tar /var/lib/pgsql/archive/
       Please remember to add error handling to your backup scripts.
      
 
+     
+      If archive storage size is a concern, you can use
+      gzip to compress the archive files:
+
+archive_command = 'gzip < %p > /var/lib/pgsql/archive/%f'
+
+      You will then need to use gunzip during recovery:
+
+restore_command = 'gunzip < /mnt/server/archivedir/%f > %p'
+
+