Re: max_standby_delay considered harmful

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: max_standby_delay considered harmful
Date: 2010-05-05 03:06:32
Message-ID: 201005050306.o4536WH17128@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > Anyway, I have no idea where the idea that recommending time
> > synchronization is a somehow a "high end" requirement,
>
> Considering that clock skew was only one of several scenarios in which
> the max_standby_delay code misbehaves, it's not that important whether
> you consider it highly probable or not. The code still needs a
> redesign, and we may as well eliminate the assumption of tight
> synchronization while we are at it. There's no really good reason to
> have that requirement in there.

Should I be concerned that we are redesigning HS features at this stage
in the release?

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