Re: Replication

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt(at)abpni(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Replication
Date: 2010-11-02 15:20:27
Message-ID: m2bp673g78.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt(at)abpni(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> What is the difference between the "Hot-Standby" and "Warm-Standby"? Is the
> only different that the "Hot-Standby" standby servers are read-only, whereas
> the "Warm-Standby" standbys can't be queried at all?

That and the fact that running queries are not canceled at the time you
flick the switch to have your standby a master. The ongoing read-only
traffic is not affected. That's hot.

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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