From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: File system replication and DRBD
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:03:27 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <200702012103.l11L3Ru23522@momjian.us> (raw)
The attached patch mentions file system replication as a high
availability solution in the shared hardware section, and mentions DRBD
as a popular solution. Backpatched to 8.2.X.
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Index: doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
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disk array fails or becomes corrupt, the primary and standby
servers are both nonfunctional. Another issue is that the
standby server should never access the shared storage while
! the primary server is running. It is also possible to use
! some type of file system mirroring to keep the standby server
! current, but the mirroring must be done in a way that ensures the
! standby server has a consistent copy of the file system.
</para>
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disk array fails or becomes corrupt, the primary and standby
servers are both nonfunctional. Another issue is that the
standby server should never access the shared storage while
! the primary server is running.
! </para>
!
! <para>
! A modified version of shared hardware functionality is file system
! replication, where all changes to a file system are mirrored to a file
! system residing on another computer. The only restriction is that
! the mirroring must be done in a way that ensures the standby server
! has a consistent copy of the file system — specifically, writes
! to the standby must be done in the same order as those on the master.
! DRBD is a popular file system replication solution for Linux.
</para>
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