Re: shadowing (like IB/Firebird)

David Garamond wrote:
> >>Now suppose /disk1 fails, one of the shadow can be configured to
> >>immediately take over as the master database, without any down time. We
> >>can then add /disk4/dbname.fdb, for instance, to become a new shadow.
> >>
> >>Alternatively, when a shadow fails, IB/Firebird can refuse further
> >>transactions until there is another shadow coming up, so the database is
> >>shadowed all the time.
> >
> > No, we don't have plans to do that. We will allow continuous logging so
> > a tar backup plus this log will bring you up to current.
>
> What about the future synchronous replication or clustering? Will this
> feature do what shadowing in IB/FB does? Cause I've met a couple of
> people that really love this feature and they cling to FB because of this.
>
> Actually, what is needed is:
>
> - an exact mirror at all times;
> - a very simple, straightforward, and fast way to failover;
>
> done by software.

I recommend they keep clinging. :-)

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