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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:29:28 +0000
From: Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@abpni.co.uk>
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To: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Replication
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On 01/11/10 20:26, Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> Jonathan Tripathy wrote on 01.11.2010 21:12:
>>>
>>> 9.0 has streaming replication and "Hot Standby"
>>>
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/hot-standby.html
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> But does that not only allow "read-only" things to work on the standby?
>>
>
> But you didn't ask for read/write on the standby, only for a standby 
> that can take of the master once the master fails:
> "must support INSERTS and UPDATES as well (once the master has failed)"
>
> That's exactly what the hot standby does: As long as it is in standby 
> mode it's read-only.
> Once the failover has happened the standby is the new master and will 
> allow read/write access.
>
> Thomas
>
>
Ahh!! So in both those links above, once the master has failed, the 
standby will support writes (As it not acts like the master)?

Thanks