Re: Replication

From: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: barry(at)e-rm(dot)co(dot)uk
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Replication
Date: 2005-09-12 22:29:53
Message-ID: 20050913.072953.41630627.ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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> I currently have a postgresql 8 system which I want to replicate
> (ideally in realtime) with a spare host in order to introduce some
> redundancy - eg. if the master server dies then I've got a ready-to-go
> backup. Switchover does not have to be automated.
>
> I've looked into commandprompt.com's mammoth system, but it only
> supports up to 1000 tables (the documentation doesn't mention this!) -
> the database in question has more than 1000 tables, and adds new tables
> regularly. Slony-I and pgpool apparently don't support dynamic
> schemas, which I'd obviously need, so they're not quite up to the job
> either.

pgpool(without Slony-I) replicates schema changes. And PGCluter too.
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SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
Tatsuo Ishii

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