Re: [DOCS] Replication documentation addition
- From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
- To: "Jim C. Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
- 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: [DOCS] Replication documentation addition
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:41:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Message-id: <200610251541(dot)k9PFfx927732(at)momjian(dot)us>
Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:38:11AM +0200, Markus Schiltknecht wrote:
> > I can't really get excited about the exclusion of the term
> > 'replication', because it's what most people are looking for. It's a
> > well known term. Sorry if it sounded that way, but I've not meant to
> > avoid that term.
> <snip>
> > 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.
>
> Those to statements are at odds with each other, at least based on
> everyone I've ever talked to in a commercial setting. People will use
> terms like 'replication', 'HA' or 'clustering' fairly interchangably.
> Usually what these folks want is some kind of high-availability
> solution. A few are more concerned with scalability. Sometimes it's a
> combination of both. That's why I think it's good for the chapter to
> deal with both aspects of this.
OK, I did break it out somewhat for clarity. Let me know how it looks
now.
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