Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E189FA433; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:20:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 93223-08; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:20:23 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from fetter.org (start.fetter.org [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D49EA9FA002; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:20:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id D6470F3D3FC; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:20:21 -0700 From: David Fetter To: Markus Schiltknecht Cc: Bruce Momjian , Hannu Krosing , PostgreSQL-documentation , PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition Message-ID: <20061025162021.GE7555@fetter.org> References: <200610250255.k9P2tRM09844@momjian.us> <453F3083.6080302@bluegap.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <453F3083.6080302@bluegap.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.484 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, SARE_SPEC_REPLICA X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200610/94 X-Sequence-Number: 3815 On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:38:11AM +0200, Markus Schiltknecht wrote: > Can we name the chapter "Fail-over, Load-Balancing and Replication > Options"? That would fit everything and contain the necessary buzz words. ... > IMHO, it does not make sense to speak of a synchronous replication for a > 'Shared Disk Fail Over'. It's not replication, because there's no replica. As you point out, there is no replica of the data, but there is some protection against machine failure, which puts it firmly in the "Fail-over" part above. Cheers, D -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote!