Re: On "multi-master" - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: On "multi-master"
Date
Msg-id 20051014154839.GB19681@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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In response to Re: On "multi-master"  (Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>)
Responses Re: On "multi-master"  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
Re: On "multi-master"  (Chris Travers <chris@metatrontech.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:54:19PM +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> Enforcement? There would be plenty of ways to achieve that. For
> example, you could set pg_hba.conf so that on ly the host where pgpool
> is running on could connect to the host where postmaster is running
> on.

That just changes the problem to someone logging in from that host.
(This isn't a theoretical problem, by the way; it's an objection that
I've heard from people.)

> Right. It's your freedom that you do not use pgpool until you think
> it's solid enough.

And my managers approve it :)  I should note, for the record, that
I'm extremely impressed with pgpool.  I just think we have some room
to grow before we can say we have something to really compete with
the commercial multimaster systems.

a

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