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</sect2>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="streaming-replication-slots">
<sect2 id="streaming-replication-slots">
<title>Physical Replication Slots</title>
<title>Replication Slots</title>
<indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>replication slot</primary>
<primary>replication slot</primary>
<secondary>streaming replication</secondary>
<secondary>streaming replication</secondary>
</indexterm>
</indexterm>
<para>
<para>
Physical r eplication slots provide an automated way to ensure that the
R eplication slots provide an automated way to ensure that the
primary server does
primary server does not remove WAL segments until they have been
not remove WAL segments until they have been received by all standby s,
received, physically or logically, by all standbys/subscriber s,
and that the primary does not remove rows which could cause a
and that the primary does not remove rows which could cause a <link
<link linkend="hot-standby-conflict">recovery conflict</link> even when the
linkend="hot-standby-conflict">recovery conflict</link> on physical
standby is disconnected.
replicas even when the standby is disconnected.
</para>
</para>
<para>
<para>
In lieu of using replication slots, it is possible to prevent the removal
In lieu of using replication slots, it is possible to prevent the removal
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</para>
</para>
<para>
<para>
Similarly, <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback"/> on its own, without
Similarly, <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback"/> on its own, without
also using a replication slot, provides protection against relevant rows
also using a physical replication slot, provides protection against relevant rows
being removed by vacuum, but provides no protection during any time period
being removed by vacuum, but provides no protection during any time period
when the standby is not connected.
when the physical replication standby is dis connected.
</para>
</para>
<caution>
<caution>