Re: Standalone synchronous master - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Standalone synchronous master
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Msg-id 20140108213759.GP14280@awork2.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Standalone synchronous master  (Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com>)
Responses Re: Standalone synchronous master  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>)
Re: Standalone synchronous master  (Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@ymail.com>)
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On 2014-01-08 13:34:08 -0800, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> On the other hand, we keep getting people saying they want the
> database to make the promise of synchronous replication, and tell
> applications that it has been successful even when it hasn't been,
> as long as there's a line in the server log to record the lie.

Most people having such a position I've talked to have held that
position because they thought synchronous replication would mean that
apply (and thus visibility) would also be synchronous. Is that
different from your experience?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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