Re: clustering - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: clustering
Date
Msg-id 20041019144322.GC3359@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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In response to clustering  (Nageshwar Rao <NageshwarR@PLANETASIA.COM>)
List pgsql-general
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:29:11AM +0530, Nageshwar Rao wrote:
> Hi,
> We would like use Postgresql as our database. For high availability is it
> possible to cluster DB in Postgresql. Appreciate if you can let me know how
> this can be achieved.
>  Else is there any other way to achieve High Availability in POstgresql as
> this is mission critical system.

My recommendation for HA PostgreSQL is to use two servers with one of
those nifty HA options, and let the postmaster on the taking-over
machine recover the database just like after a crash.  Also, you'll
be wanting to use slony (www.slony.info).

If you're asking whether Postgres has something akin to Oracle's RAC,
the answer is "not yet".

A

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