+ linkend="streaming-replication">).
- It should be noted that the log shipping is asynchronous, i.e., the WAL
+ It should be noted that log shipping is asynchronous, i.e., the WAL
records are shipped after transaction commit. As a result, there is a
window for data loss should the primary server suffer a catastrophic
failure; transactions not yet shipped will be lost. The size of the
archive_timeout parameter, which can be set as low
as a few seconds. However such a low setting will
substantially increase the bandwidth required for file shipping.
- If you need a window of less than a minute or so, consider using
- streaming replication (see ).
+ Streaming replication (see )
+ allows a much smaller window of data loss.