Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby
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Msg-id 4BEAFB1D.3020202@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby
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Tom Lane wrote:
> If so, master/standby would probably work.

+1 for master/standby.

It's worth remembering that a "standby server" might not be actively
connected to a master server. A server that's reading WAL from an
archive backup, for example, can be put to standby mode. "Standby"
covers that case too, better than "slave".

--  Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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