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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:54:22 +0200
From: Markus Schiltknecht <markus@bluegap.ch>
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To: Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net>
CC: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition
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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> I think the "official" term for this kind of "replication" is
> Shared-Nothing Clustering.

Well, that's just another distinction for clusters. Most of the time 
it's between Shared-Disk vs. Shared-Nothing. You could also see the very 
Big Irons as a Shared-Everything Cluster.

While it's certainly true, that any kind of data partitioning for 
databases only make sense for Shared-Nothing Clusters, I don't think 
it's a 'kind of replication'. AFAIK most database replication solutions 
are built for Shared-Nothing Clusters. (With the exception of 
PgCluster-II, I think).

Regards

Markus