<sect3>

<title>Replication and Recovery</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>

<para>

<emphasis>Support named restore points</emphasis>

</para>

<para>

Named restore points can be created using a new server function,

pg_create_restore_point. A new recovery.conf parameter,

recovery_target_name, allows recovery to stop at a named restore

point.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

<emphasis>Add new recovery.conf parameter, pause_at_recovery_target,

which defaults to on</emphasis>

</para>

<para>

This is a behavior change from previous releases, which entered normal

running upon reaching the recovery target.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

<emphasis>Add pg_is_xlog_replay_paused, pg_xlog_replay_pause, and

pg_xlog_replay_resume functions</emphasis>

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

<emphasis>Allow standby servers to send information on running

transactions back to the master</emphasis>

</para>

<para>

When enabled, this prevents most recovery conflicts on the slave,

but may cause MVCC bloat on the master.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

<emphasis>Support streaming base backups</emphasis>

</para>

<para>

A new client, pg_basebackup, can be used to perform a streaming base

backup.

</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect3>