Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YvXcS-0007UC-Tc for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 21:03:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YvXcS-0002pW-2E for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 21:03:08 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YvXcH-0002bB-KF for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 21:02:57 +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 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YvXcD-0005iU-HD for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 21:02:56 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E390E11A; Thu, 21 May 2015 17:02:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout.easymail.ca X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.367 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.367 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=-0.701, BAYES_00=-2.599, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=0.692, FS_REPLICA=1.041] 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 Jl4O0AbXEwtA; Thu, 21 May 2015 17:02:49 -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 AE963E0CF; Thu, 21 May 2015 17:02:49 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2098\)) Subject: Re: Postgres Synchronous replication From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:02:46 -0600 Cc: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Ravi Krishna X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2098) 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 May 21, 2015, at 3:00 PM, Ravi Krishna wrote: >=20 > What about machine crashing? Hasn=92t been a problem. But of course it=92s a numbers game, and if you ha= ve enough machines in play, you will certainly have failures. --=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