Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes: > Am I the only one who finds the phrase "distributed checkpointing" a bit > awkward? Would it be better if we used "time-distributed checkpointing" > instead? Yeah, "distributed" has a bunch of connotations that are wrong for this purpose. I spent a bit of time with a thesaurus but didn't come up with anything that seemed le mot juste. Best I could do was "spread checkpoint" or "time-extended checkpoint". Anybody have a better idea? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq