Re: The plan for FDW-based sharding

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Konstantin Knizhnik <k(dot)knizhnik(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The plan for FDW-based sharding
Date: 2016-02-26 20:06:33
Message-ID: 20160226200633.GA15413@momjian.us
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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:30:29PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> That's not the point, though. I don't think a Postgres clone with a GTM
> solves any particular problem that's not already solved by the existing
> forks. However, if you have a clone at home and you make a GTM work on
> it, then you take the GTM as a patch and post it for discussion.
> There's no need for hooks for that. Just make sure your GTM solves the
> problem that it is supposed to solve.
>
> Excuse me if I've missed the discussion elsewhere -- why does
> PostgresPro have *two* GTMs instead of a single one?

I think the issue is that a GTM that works for a low-latency network
doesn't work well for a high-latency network, so the high-latency GTM
has fewer features and guarantees.

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