Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:14:08 -0500
From: Robert Lor <Robert.Lor@Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: Postgres Cluster on Solaris
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To: Travis Smith <tsmith@optionshouse.com>
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Travis,

Travis Smith wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am interested in running Postgres on Solaris using SunCluster. I am 
> hoping that someone this list has experience with this configuration. 
> To be honest I am having a difficult time understanding the concept of 
> Postgres clusters. I originally began looking at Linux HA, I would 
> like to run on Suns’ T5220 and I at a loss to how well this setup runs.
>
There is an ongoing project to integrate Sun Cluster (aka Solaris 
Cluster) with Postgres warm standby. I recently tested the agent with 
Postgres running in two Solaris zones on a single node, and the 
automatic failover worked quite well. I haven't tried the two-node 
config yet, but it should work. To get more info, check out this project 
page 
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ha-postgresql/Active-Subprojects/log-shipping/

-Robert