On 12/01/2015 09:16 AM, anj patnaik wrote:
> Thanks for the info Scott.
>
> Can I setup a primary server called A that uses the Postgres
> installation on a nfs mounted filesystem and then A does a daily backup
> of database A and restores to database B on same filesystem.
>
> Then I have server B acting as cold standby and if server A goes down,
> then B would make the backup DB active?
>
> In this case, both server A and B have the same NFS mount, but B is not
> always writing to the data.
>
> The target environment I am moving to is a RAID5 system with mirrored
> discs. I will be getting a VM on a physical server and the mirrored
> disks will store the database. I would like to setup a primary and
> secondary as cold standby.
>
> I am fairly new to PG so asking these questions.
>
> Please advise. Thank you.
Advice, read these pages:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/tutorial-arch.htmlhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/creating-cluster.htmlhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/warm-standby.html
>
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Adrian Klaver
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