Re: Synchronous Log Shipping Replication

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Synchronous Log Shipping Replication
Date: 2008-09-12 16:45:15
Message-ID: 1221237915.3913.1110.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 17:11 +0200, Csaba Nagy wrote:

> Why not have a design where the slave is in control for it's own data ?
> I mean the slave...

The slave only exists because it is a copy of the master. If you try to
"startup" a slave without first having taken a copy, how would you
bootstrap the slave? With what? To what? It sounds cool, but its not
practical.

I posted a workable suggestion today on another subthread.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
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