To me it seems exactly the same, but I'm not an expert.

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Robert Newson <rnewson@apache.org> wrote:

> I said 'better' not 'good'. :)
>
> On 2 March 2012 20:20, Mark Hahn <mark@hahnca.com> wrote:
> >>  A better solution is to periodically switch to a new database and then
> > delete the old one (when those sessions are ended).
> >
> > How is that any different than purging?  It also kills replication.
>