Re: Advice on HA option

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: hyelluas <helen_yelluas(at)mcafee(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Advice on HA option
Date: 2011-09-06 21:10:00
Message-ID: CAHyXU0yd6dWK3EhQ=4M4w+ax5AHS4MotNPJoYUd+YKhHGA27Pg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM, hyelluas <helen_yelluas(at)mcafee(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to implement HA for the appliance that is sold to the customer  - our
> application has no DBA and must be very stable and self  recoverable.
>
> We are running PostgreSQL 8.4.
>
> Is the warm standby a good solution for us?

It can work, but hands free administration will be a lot easier with
9.0 SR -- perhaps enough so to justify looking at an upgrade. If you
are stuck on 8.4, take a look at some helper tools, such as skype's
walmgr.

merlin

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