From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | Rob Hutton <rhutton(at)istmanagement(dot)com> |
Cc: | "'Peter Eisentraut'" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "'Marc SCHAEFER'" <schaefer(at)alphanet(dot)ch>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | RE: Some advanced database features, are they present in PostgreSQL |
Date: | 2000-10-11 00:34:27 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0010102133460.654-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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right now, we are working with our partners internally on this, before we
release it publicly, but more information can be found at:
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Rob Hutton wrote:
> I'm looking for info about the synching and I don't see any. Is there a
> more specific URL and is there a time frame for this. Also, has
> segmentation been discussed?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner(at)hub(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)hub(dot)org]On
> Behalf Of Peter Eisentraut
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 1:08 PM
> To: Marc SCHAEFER
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Some advanced database features, are they present
> in PostgreSQL
>
>
> Marc SCHAEFER writes:
>
> > - log all transactions to a special log file, that can be used for
> > backup purposes:
>
> Will be in 7.1.
>
> > - hard transactions: cutting the power to a PostgreSQL server
> > may cause data loss and/or data corruption. Some databases use
> > sophisticated techniques to ensure serialization of operation
> > through journaling, redoing some of the transactions at
> > bootup time if required.
>
> This is really the same as above in implementation. So same answer.
>
> > - the ability to synchronize two database servers, with only the
> > changes being exchanged, live. Or the ability to have many
> > servers in a load-balancing or data scattering pool.
>
> Something like this has recently been announced as add-on from PostgreSQL,
> Inc. (www.pgsql.com) Haven't seen it used, though.
>
> > - ability to have databases bigger than the host's maximum file size
>
> That has been available for quite a while.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
>
>
>
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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