Re: Replication

From: Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>
Cc: Fujii Masao <fujii(dot)masao(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Replication
Date: 2006-08-23 11:09:36
Message-ID: 44EC3770.5070400@bluegap.ch
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> But any sync _replication_ system will have severe impact on
> performance. My guess is that for a full sync replication, going from 1
> server to 2 will actually lower performance andsome small gains would be
> possible only starting from 3rd server.

Only testing will show concrete results, but for sure such a general
answer does not make much sense. It all depends very much on the type of
your load. Especially the read/write ratio is very important. Another
important factor is the amount of conflicting transactions.

> My quess is based on using standard 100Gb ethernet. It may be possible
> to do better on some more advanced interconnects like myrinet.

100Gb ethernet already sounds very advanced... ;-)

Regards

Markus

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