Re: Distributed Database Web Site - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Alexey Borzov
Subject Re: Distributed Database Web Site
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Msg-id 4120C427.8000700@cs.msu.su
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In response to Distributed Database Web Site  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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Hi,

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> For instance, if we had a read-only database on a mirror site,
> replicated from the main database using something like Slony ... how
> hard would it be t have 'write operations' sent to the main web site to
> happen, with all read operations being local?

What's the point? You can't realistically expect permanent high-speed
connectivity between master and slaves, thus replication will be *extremely*
asynchronous.

The only obviuos benefit I see is reduced traffic.

> ie. posting news events would happen at http://www.postgresql.org, but
> reading news events would be @ http://www.xx.postgresql.org, but both
> could/would be dynamic?

It works this way even now.

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