Re: Synchronous Log Shipping Replication

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: Synchronous Log Shipping Replication
Date: 2008-09-10 13:43:02
Message-ID: 1221054182.3913.688.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 09:36 -0400, Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
> * Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> [080910 06:18]:
>
> > We have a number of choices, at the point of failure:
> > * Does the whole primary server stay up (probably)?
>
> The only sane choice is the one the admin makes. Any "predetermined" choice
> PG makes can (and will) be wrong in some situations.

We are in agreement then. Those questions were listed as arguments in
favour of a parameter to let the sysadmin choose. More than that, I was
saying this can be selected for individual transactions, not just for
the whole server as a whole (as other vendors do).

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support

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