Re: High Availability with Postgres

From: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: High Availability with Postgres
Date: 2010-06-22 13:44:29
Message-ID: 4C20BE3D.7090709@2ndquadrant.com
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John R Pierce wrote:
> I don't like power cycling servers, so I'd prefer not to use power
> switch based fencing, although I believe my blade box's management
> unit is supported as a power fencing device.

I consider power control fencing to be a secondary resort if you don't
have hardware where a storage switch fence can be used. It can be a
useful implementation for those situations, and not all shared storage
is attached with a FC switch.

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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.us

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