Re: Configuring synchronous replication - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: Configuring synchronous replication
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In response to Re: Configuring synchronous replication  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On 20/09/10 12:17, Simon Riggs wrote:
> err... what is the difference between a timeout and stonith?

STONITH ("Shoot The Other Node In The Head") means that the other node 
is somehow disabled so that it won't unexpectedly come back alive. A 
timeout means that the slave hasn't been seen for a while, but it might 
reconnect just after the timeout has expired.

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


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