| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Configuring synchronous replication |
| Date: | 2010-09-20 12:50:50 |
| Message-ID: | 1284987050.1733.5682.camel@ebony |
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On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 15:16 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 20/09/10 12:17, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > err... what is the difference between a timeout and stonith?
>
> STONITH ("Shoot The Other Node In The Head") means that the other node
> is somehow disabled so that it won't unexpectedly come back alive. A
> timeout means that the slave hasn't been seen for a while, but it might
> reconnect just after the timeout has expired.
You've edited my reply to change the meaning of what was a rhetorical
question, as well as completely ignoring the main point of my reply.
Please respond to the main point: Following some thought and analysis,
AFAICS there is no sensible use case that requires standby registration.
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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
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