Re: Update on replication

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
Cc: Jonathan Stanton <jonathan(at)cnds(dot)jhu(dot)edu>, Al Sutton <al(at)alsutton(dot)com>, Darren Johnson <darren(at)up(dot)hrcoxmail(dot)com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Update on replication
Date: 2002-12-17 18:17:23
Message-ID: 200212171817.gBHIHNP18044@candle.pha.pa.us
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Rod Taylor wrote:
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> > o People are evaluating the Postgres-R approach and comparing
> > it to more traditional 2-phase commit replication.
>
> Not that the Postgres-R approach can replace 2-phase commit methods.
>
> 2PC is still needed for support with external transaction managers (XA
> drivers for JDBC).

Yes, good point. Let me add that eventually, I think we will have:

sync replication (Postgres-R?)
async replication, using PITR
PITR
two-phase commit for distributed transactions

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