Re: Partitioning / Clustering

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: PFC <lists(at)boutiquenumerique(dot)com>
Cc: John A Meinel <john(at)arbash-meinel(dot)com>, Adam Haberlach <adam(at)mediariffic(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Partitioning / Clustering
Date: 2005-05-10 21:50:54
Message-ID: 20050510215054.GQ31103@decibel.org
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On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 07:29:59PM +0200, PFC wrote:
> I wonder how Oracle does it ;)

Oracle *clustering* demands shared storage. So you've shifted your money
from big-iron CPUs to big-iron disk arrays.

Oracle replication works similar to Slony, though it supports a lot more
modes (ie: syncronous).
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