Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YbABH-0004by-Cw for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:58:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YbABG-0001G5-RL for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:58:50 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YbABF-0001CN-2Q for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:58:49 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.201.169]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YbAB3-00043a-UE for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:58:46 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 772B6E54A; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout.easymail.ca X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.935 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.935 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=-0.228, BAYES_00=-2.599, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=0.692] Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (easymail-mailout.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nPwOeQNlpluc; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.2.16] (unknown [8.39.228.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00DAAE547; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:34 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) Subject: Re: postgres hot-standby questions. From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:58:32 -0600 Cc: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <55D6B672-D28E-4E69-B4D7-DDB6C2E0311F@elevated-dev.com> References: <848F3721-4A21-4260-9640-8F698E3EE376@skogoglandskap.no> <3C08D5DD-0702-4136-BBE3-21CBE064ADDE@elevated-dev.com> To: "Graeme B. Bell" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Graeme B. Bell wrote: >=20 > It might seem a strange compromise Not at all. Sounds like a good feature to me. It's just that a simple "wait= for replicas" option is not all that useful; there's more to think about. --=20 Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/ (303) 722-0567 voice --=20 Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin