Re: Multiple Postmasters on Beowulf cluster

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jan Hartmann" <jhart(at)frw(dot)uva(dot)nl>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Multiple Postmasters on Beowulf cluster
Date: 2002-07-27 15:34:11
Message-ID: 4400.1027784051@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jan Hartmann" <jhart(at)frw(dot)uva(dot)nl> writes:
> cluster consists of 45 nodes, all using a shared user file system. Is it
> possible to start up a postmaster on every node, using the same database?

No.

> The backend processes themselves would be completely autonomous, but they
> would have to share their data from the same source. To simplify things,
> only read-access is necessary.

In that case, make 45 copies of the database ...

regards, tom lane

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