Re: Configuring synchronous replication

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Configuring synchronous replication
Date: 2010-09-22 17:26:18
Message-ID: 28055.1285176378@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 13:00 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> But it CAN'T be a system catalog, because, among other problems, that
>>> rules out cascading slaves, which are a feature a lot of people
>>> probably want to eventually have.
>>
>> I guarantee you there is a way around the cascade slave problem.

> And that would be...?

Indeed. If it's a catalog then it has to be exactly the same on the
master and every slave; which is probably a constraint we don't want
for numerous reasons, not only cascade arrangements.

regards, tom lane

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