Re: Synchronous Standalone Master Redoux

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Daniel Farina <daniel(at)heroku(dot)com>
Cc: sthomas(at)optionshouse(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Synchronous Standalone Master Redoux
Date: 2012-07-11 10:03:34
Message-ID: m2liiqaa2x.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Daniel Farina <daniel(at)heroku(dot)com> writes:
> Notable caveat: one can't very easily measure or bound the amount of
> transaction loss in any graceful way as-is. We only have "unlimited
> lag" and "2-safe or bust".

¡per-transaction!

You can change your mind mid-transaction and ask for 2-safe or bust.
That's the detail we've not been talking about in this thread and makes
the whole solution practical in real life, at least for me.

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

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