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From: Jeff Frost <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Chris Browne <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:37:14 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611141534330.23695@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>> My thinking on the definition of clustering was that there is some smarts for
>> graceful failover and automated or semi-automated ways of bringing failed DB
>> servers back up to date and online with the rest of the servers in the
>> cluster.  All servers need to be able to accept writes, but do we
>
> No, even replication servers can have that.
>
>> differentiate on where the writes originated (i.e. middleware or another
>> postgresql server) or on functionality?
>
> Fundamentally, broadcast means the queries are being propogated outside
> the server, with the benefits and limitations inherent in that.

I'd definitely have to agree with you on that.  I guess I'm trying to decide 
what differentiates clustering for load balancing from query broadcast based 
on your text.  Maybe just don't use the word broadcast here:

"In clustering, each server can accept write requests, and these write 
requests are broadcast from the original server to all other servers before 
each transaction commits."

Unfortunately, I can't seem to come up with anything more clever.

-- 
Jeff Frost, Owner 	<[email protected]>
Frost Consulting, LLC 	http://www.frostconsultingllc.com/
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