Re: Sync Rep Design - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Sync Rep Design
Date
Msg-id 1293758110.1892.29072.camel@ebony
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In response to Re: Sync Rep Design  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 16:47 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner
> <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> wrote:
> >> synchronous replication for high performance applications. This feature
> >> is unique to PostgreSQL.
> >
> > that seems to be a bit too much marketing for a reference level document
> 
> +1.

I've removed the "This feature is unique to PostgreSQL", which I agree
belongs in a press release, not docs. The explanation of a use case that
would benefit from the feature seems valid and I've left that in.

PostgreSQL docs are more technical and precise than any other DBMS, even
DB2. Having read everybody else's docs, I'm inclined to say it would be
easier to explain if I left out the details, as they do. You won't find
a detailed explanation of commit guarantees in MySQL docs, for example.

-- Simon Riggs           http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services



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