Re: Basic Postgresql Performance Question

Stephen Frost wrote:

>>1. It is possible to have some sort of load-balancing through buying
>>many computers without replication, i.e have one server which has the
>>databases and then other servers which has no database but just exists
>>to balance the memory and processor load? (I have heard this is possible
>>with C-JDBC)It is difficult to have enough space to replicate a 600 gb
>>database across all computers)
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>I don't think so... There's something called OpenMosix which does this
>on independent processes but not for threaded programs (since it doesn't
>make sense to split them across different nodes if they're accessing the
>same memory- every memory access would have to be checked) like the
>PostgreSQL server.
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Look at www.linuxlabs.com they have a clustering system. Not exactly
the same thing but close to what I think you are looking for.

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Kevin Barnard