Re: Core team statement on replication in PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Core team statement on replication in PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 200805292156.13976.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Re: Core team statement on replication in PostgreSQL  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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Jeff Davis wrote:
> It depends on what we mean by synchronous. Do we mean "the WAL record
> has made it to the disk on the slave system," or "the WAL record has
> been applied on the slave system"?

DRBD, which is a common warm standby solution for PostgreSQL at the moment, 
provides various levels of synchronicity.  I imagine we could also define, as 
need arises, various levels, some of which may be the ones you listed.


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