Re: synchronous_commit and remote_write - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: synchronous_commit and remote_write
Date
Msg-id 4FAAE052.7020900@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: synchronous_commit and remote_write  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: synchronous_commit and remote_write
Re: synchronous_commit and remote_write
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> The naming is not arbitrary. -1 to changing it as suggested.
> 
> It is as Aidan says, a state between receive and fsync, normally
> referred to as write.
> 
> Plus the word remote denotes it is on the standby, not the local master.
> 
> So both words have specific meaning, and IMHO clear meaning.

Clear to a postgres hacker, maybe.  Not at *all* clear to our general users.

The natural assumption is that "remote write" means that it's written to
disk on the remote. Which is not what it means.

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com


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