Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove replicaiton FAQ item.

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Robert Treat wrote:
>
> > On Sunday 14 November 2004 16:33, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Log Message:
> >> -----------
> >> Remove replicaiton FAQ item.
> >>
> >> Modified Files:
> >> --------------
> >> pgsql/doc:
> >> FAQ (r1.269 -> r1.270)
> >>
> >> (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/FAQ.diff?r1=1.269&r2=
> >> 1.270) pgsql/doc/src/FAQ:
> >> FAQ.html (r1.227 -> r1.228)
> >>
> >> (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html.diff
> >> ?r1=1.227&r2=1.228)
> >
> > While the answer may have been a little dated, this still seems to be an FAQ.
> > Was there a discussion on removing this? If so I'll go read that, but ISTM
> > this question should remain.
>
> agreed, this definitly does fall under a "Very FAQ" kinda thing ...
> pointers to the various methods that are currently in use, at a minimum,
> would be good ...

Yep, big mistake my removing the replication FAQ item. I have re-added a
new one:

4.21) What replication solutions are available?

Though "replication" is a single term, there are two major replication
technologies. Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be
sent to multiple replicated computers. Using this capability has a
serious performance impact. Pgcluster is the most popular such solution
available for PostgreSQL. Master-slave replication allows a single
master to receive read/write queries, with slaves able to accept only
read/SELECT queries. The most popular master-slave PostgreSQL
replication solution is Slony. There are also commercial and
hardware-based replication solutions available.

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