Re: Configuring synchronous replication - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: Configuring synchronous replication
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Msg-id 4C9CACEE.7000007@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: Configuring synchronous replication  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On 24/09/10 14:47, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 14:12 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> What I'm saying is that in a two standby situation, if
>> you're willing to continue operation as usual in the master even if
>> the standby is down, you're not doing synchronous replication.
>
> Oracle and I disagree with you on that point, but I am more interested
> in behaviour than semantics.
>
> If you have two standbys and one is down, please explain how data loss
> has occurred.

Sorry, that was a typo. As Aidan guessed, I meant "even in a two server 
situation", ie. one master and one slave.

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


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