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by keypusher 2689 days ago
How is the WAL stored? If there is a problem with the storage, networking, or DC, you will not be able to get the WAL in order to bring up the DB in a new region. Also, the process of replaying WAL since last backup can take a very long time for a high traffic DB, during which time it is going to be completely unavailable.
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kamaln7 2688 days ago
The WAL and all backups are stored offsite and are completely handled on our end.

Re: availability, that’s right if you only have a primary node and no standby ones. Like manigandham said, there won’t be any downtime if you have a standby node.

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manigandham 2689 days ago
That's what a standby server is for, so that it's up to date without replaying the WAL. Nothing unique to DigitalOcean about that.
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