| From: | Christian Kruse <christian(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fabrízio Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Time-Delayed Standbys |
| Date: | 2013-12-04 15:29:02 |
| Message-ID: | 20131204152902.GA22617@achilles.fritz.box |
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Hi,
On 04/12/13 07:22, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> There are many things that a system admin can get wrong. Failing
> to supply this feature because the sysadmin might not be running
> ntpd (or equivalent) correctly seems to me to be like not having
> the software do fsync because the sysadmin might not have turned
> off write-back buffering on drives without persistent storage.
> Either way, poor system management can defeat the feature. Either
> way, I see no reason to withhold the feature from those who manage
> their systems in a sane fashion.
I agree. But maybe we should add a warning in the documentation about
time syncing?
Greetings,
CK
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Christian Kruse http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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