Re: Replication Solutions for PostgreSQL Master to Slave

Kirby Ubben wrote:

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>We have installed a product called Quasar for accounting needs at our
>company, which is back ended by PostgreSQL. It is a requirement that
>the database is replicated, real time, to a secondary machine and
>PostgreSQL database, in case of failure of the first.
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You are looking for synchronous replication as opposed to async?

>Currently i have Slony working, but am not satisfied with how it
>accomplishes replication, or it's interface, and am curious what
>others are using to accomplish replication?
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Well, the two main projects that people are using are:
Slony-I (Async, master/slave)
PgPool (sync, load balancing possibilities)

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
Metatron Technology COnsulting