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Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 09:01:19 -0700
From: Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
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On 05/25/2012 08:05 AM, matthias wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have some postgres experience, but not so much with clusters/slony
> Someone is suggesting a HA solution, and I do not have the time to 
> wrap my head around it right know, not to mention support.

Are you using clustering for redundancy or for sharding/scaling? For 
redundancy, the current built-in replication is the easiest to set up 
with no add-ons needed. You may find it very beneficial to engage a 
PostgreSQL-savvy consultant or firm who has encountered your use-pattern 
and can guide you.

>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a host that offers turnkey solutions 
> for clustered postgres hosting?

You might see what Heroku offers: https://postgres.heroku.com/

I haven't used them as we run all our own servers but they have been 
kind hosts for our users-group in SF.

> Our current provider answered my questions that they had heard of a 
> client "who did this once". They had no idea what slony means. So I am 
> not feeling so warm and fuzzy about them.
Good call.

Cheers,
Steve