Re: Synchronous Log Shipping Replication

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)krosing(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Synchronous Log Shipping Replication
Date: 2008-09-12 16:01:37
Message-ID: 48CA9261.4060002@dunslane.net
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> Built-in? Why? I mean make base backup using rsync. That way only
>> changed data blocks need be migrated, so much faster.
>
> Yes, what I meant is that it would be cool to have that functionality
> built-in, so that you wouldn't need to configure extra rsync scripts
> and authentication etc.
>

If this were a nice pluggable library I'd agree, but AFAIK it's not, and
I don't see great value in reinventing the wheel.

cheers

andrew

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