Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A859F9DF1 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 07:04:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48524-01 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 07:04:39 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from oxford.xeocode.com (unknown [87.127.95.196]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD749F9DE9 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 07:04:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost.enta.net ([127.0.0.1] helo=oxford.xeocode.com) by oxford.xeocode.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1ITxBB-000201-Ar; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:04:41 +0100 To: "Simon Riggs" Cc: "Bernd Helmle" , , Subject: Re: DRBD and Postgres: how to improve the perfomance? In-Reply-To: <1189232904.4281.19.camel@ebony.site> (Simon Riggs's message of "Sat\, 08 Sep 2007 07\:28\:24 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Draft-From: ("nnimap+mail01.enterprisedb.com:INBOX.performance" 2362) References: <2C070D1C3970467FF64F6B6A@imhotep.credativ.de> <1189232904.4281.19.camel@ebony.site> From: Gregory Stark Organization: EnterpriseDB Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:04:41 +0100 Message-ID: <87k5r1zd52.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200709/143 X-Sequence-Number: 26688 "Simon Riggs" writes: > You're right, but the distinction is a small one. What are the chances > of losing two independent servers within a few milliseconds of each > other? If they're on the same power bus? -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com