Re: Hot Standby (v9d)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hot Standby (v9d)
Date: 2009-01-28 21:12:28
Message-ID: 23375.1233177148@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I vote with Simon. The thing is that if you get some queries
> cancelled, you'll realize you have a problem.

... or if you don't, they couldn't have been all that critical.

> Having your failover be 12 hours
> behind (or 12 months behind) is something that it would be much easier
> to not realize.

Okay, I'm sold, positive max_standby_delay should be the default.

regards, tom lane

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