| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Rajeev rastogi <rajeev(dot)rastogi(at)huawei(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Standalone synchronous master |
| Date: | 2014-01-08 20:27:51 |
| Message-ID: | 20140108202751.GA6869@momjian.us |
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On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 05:39:23PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On 8 January 2014 09:07, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > I'm going to say right off the bat that I think the whole notion to
> > automatically disable synchronous replication when the standby goes down is
> > completely bonkers.
>
> Agreed
>
> We had this discussion across 3 months and we don't want it again.
> This should not have been added as a TODO item.
I am glad Heikki and Simon agree, but I don't. ;-)
The way that I understand it is that you might want durability, but
might not want to sacrifice availability. Phrased that way, it makes
sense, and notifying the administrator seems the appropriate action.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ Everyone has their own god. +
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