On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 21:35, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:28:12PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > Externally, everybody thinks that there should be just one, just like
> > there is for other databases.
>
> I guess it's this thing that I want to understand. Why do people
> believe that?
I try not to ask "why" people believe what they do. It's usually makes
no sense.
> Because other databases, where "other" are "the ones
> I'd actually run important systems on" _don't_ have just one.
OK. I guess the big O have RAC, Data Guard, ASD, Advanced Replication,
Streams...
The perception is there though: O Replication
Perhaps we should refer to PostgreSQL methods like this...
HA Slony
Replication eRserver
Log Shipping PITR
Load Balancing pgpool
That would do it-ish
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Best Regards, Simon Riggs
