Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby
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Msg-id 1273686626.8624.2894.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com
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In response to Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 09:37 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 07:33:53PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > The server's messages and the documentation uses all of these terms in
> > mixed ways.  Maybe we could decide on some preferred terminology and
> > adjust the existing texts.  Ideas?
>
> How about origin/subscriber?  More descriptive than primary/secondary,
> and less tied to a particular model of interaction.

Yes but completely out of scope within the market. Master/Slave or
Master/Standby is probably where it needs to be.

Joshua D. Drake



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