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Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition


  • From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
  • To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
  • Cc: Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition
  • Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:28:34 -0400 (EDT)
  • Message-id: <200610251628(dot)k9PGSY417489(at)momjian(dot)us>

David Fetter wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:38:11AM +0200, Markus Schiltknecht wrote:
> 
> > Can we name the chapter "Fail-over, Load-Balancing and Replication 
> > Options"? That would fit everything and contain the necessary buzz words.
> ...
> 
> > IMHO, it does not make sense to speak of a synchronous replication for a 
> > 'Shared Disk Fail Over'. It's not replication, because there's no replica.
> 
> As you point out, there is no replica of the data, but there is some
> protection against machine failure, which puts it firmly in the
> "Fail-over" part above.

Right, but his point was not to call it synchronous.  I have fixed that
in the current version.

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