X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824FA53F85; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:54:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10823-02; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:54:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [64.139.89.126]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06054529E1; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:54:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id j3OMsTo03707; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:54:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200504242254.j3OMsTo03707@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove replicaiton FAQ item. In-Reply-To: <426BE832.20904@commandprompt.com> To: "Joshua D. Drake" Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:54:29 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Jeff Davis , "Marc G. Fournier" , Robert Treat , PostgreSQL-documentation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.01 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200504/23 X-Sequence-Number: 2953 Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Jeff Davis wrote: > > Should the text include a mention of synchronous vs. asynchronous? Or > > does master-master imply synchronous? > > It shouldn't. It is possible to have synchronous replication without it > being master<->master. We could mention async vs sync but at the FAQ stage I think the multi-master/master-slave disinction is enough. Let's see what questions we get. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073