Re: Real time replication of PG DBs accross two servers - any experiences?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bradley Kieser <brad(at)kieser(dot)net>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Real time replication of PG DBs accross two servers - any experiences?
Date: 2004-04-13 18:52:12
Message-ID: 200404132052.12589.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bradley Kieser wrote:
> I desperately need to set up a real time replication of several
> databases (for failover) between two servers. Last time I looked at
> the PG replication it wasn't yet production level. I wonder if anyone
> on this list is doing this successfully and if you won't mind sharing
> your experience and giving me any tips that you may think would be
> handy from a real world perspective I would very much appreciate it.

To ensure high availability, using DRBD to replicate the storage or
using a shared storage (e.g., EMC^2) does the job. That saves you the
trouble of having to set up and manage a database replication solution
at all.

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