Re: Hot Standby (v9d)

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)krosing(dot)net>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hot Standby (v9d)
Date: 2009-02-03 13:40:56
Message-ID: 49884968.4050900@dunslane.net
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> Actually we came up with a solution to this - use filesystem level
> snapshots (like LVM2+XFS or ZFS), and redirect backends with
> long-running queries to use fs snapshot mounted to a different
> mountpoint.
>
> I don't think Simon has yet put full support for it in code, but it is
> clearly _the_ solution for those who want to eat the cake and have it
> too.
>
>

How does that work if you're using mutiple file systems via tablespaces
(e.g. indexes in a different TS)?

cheers

andrew

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