Re: using warm standby with drbd??? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alan Hodgson
Subject Re: using warm standby with drbd???
Date
Msg-id 200803041602.15961@hal.medialogik.com
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In response to using warm standby with drbd???  ("libra dba" <libra.dba@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: using warm standby with drbd???  (Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>)
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On Tuesday 04 March 2008, "libra dba" <libra.dba@gmail.com> wrote:
> How else can i replicate the wal_files? ( i don't want to user common
> file system ,,, NFS,,, etc.)?

scp

>
> Another thing which i want to ask is that if we are generating archives
> every 1 minute. then what happens to the data which was written to the
> server A after 35 seconds after the last wal file generation.(server A
> crashes).
>

It's gone.

If that isn't acceptable then I would suggest putting the active pg_xlog
directory on drbd. That may have speed implications.

--
Alan

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