Re: Postgresql replication

From: Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com>
To: Carlos Henrique Reimer <carlosreimer(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgresql replication
Date: 2005-08-25 06:29:44
Message-ID: 430D6558.8040605@travelamericas.com
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Carlos Henrique Reimer wrote:

> I read some documents about replication and realized that if you plan
> on using asynchronous replication, your application should be designed
> from the outset with that in mind because asynchronous replication is
> not something that can be easily “added on” after the fact.
> Am I right?

Depending on your needs, you may find pgpool and Slony to be a workable
combination. This is better when you have a lot of reads and only
occasional writes. This way writes get redirected back to the master,
and read-only transactions get run on the slaves.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
Metatron Technology Consulting

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