From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Replication docs update
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:44:38 -0400
Message-ID: <20120321154438.GA17070@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABUevExsu75p-gVuY1ss9d9GQoTVcEHz0cJ7Lr1_AzJkP5QGVg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20120320212643.GA4599@momjian.us>
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01:34PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 22:26, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Our chapter, "Comparison of Different Solutions", needs an update to use
> > our new streaming replication terminology, and an update to mention the
> > synchronous option.
> >
> > Patch attached. I would like to apply it to head and 9.1.
>
> Is it really a good idea to remove the name "hot standby" where you've
> done so? It's a term that's pretty well set by now. Maybe instad "hot
> standby using transaction log replication" instead of taking it away
> completely?
Well, hot/warm standby is really a side-feature of replication, not a
replication technology itself. WAL streaming is a replication
technology. For example, Shared Disk Failover is technically a warm
standby too.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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