Re: 2-phase commit

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 02:17:28PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> Can you elaborate on "your purposes"? Do they fall into the
> "XA-compatibility" bit or the "Robustness in the face of network
> failure"?

Yes. I don't think that 2PC is a solution for robustness in face of
network failure. It's too slow, to begin with. Some sort of
multi-master system is very desirable for network failures, &c., but
I don't think anybody does active/hot standby with 2PC any more; the
performance is too bad.

I'm interested in the ability to use it for XA(ish) compatibility and
heterogenous database support. Arguments with
people-who-think-Gartner-reports-are-good-guides-for-what-to-do would
be a lot easier if I had that, to begin with.

A

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