| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby |
| Date: | 2010-05-12 17:50:26 |
| Message-ID: | 1273686626.8624.2894.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com |
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On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 09:37 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 07:33:53PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > The server's messages and the documentation uses all of these terms in
> > mixed ways. Maybe we could decide on some preferred terminology and
> > adjust the existing texts. Ideas?
>
> How about origin/subscriber? More descriptive than primary/secondary,
> and less tied to a particular model of interaction.
Yes but completely out of scope within the market. Master/Slave or
Master/Standby is probably where it needs to be.
Joshua D. Drake
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