Re: Replication for PG 8 recommendations

On 10.05.2007 06:30, David Wall wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 14:40 -0700, David Wall wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a "preferred" replication system for PG 8 db users?
>>> Obviously, we're looking for robustness, ease of
>>> operations/installation, low latency and efficient with system and
>>> network resources, with an active open source community being preferred.
>>>
>> Jeff Davis wrote:
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/high-availability.html
>>
> Thanks. I've seen the options and was hoping for grunt-level
> realities. Many projects seem to have fallen by the wayside over time.
> My first impression was towards a Slony-I type solution, but I need
> large objects and would prefer schema updates to be automatic. I was
> hoping to hear back on any pitfalls or preferences or "how I'd do it if
> I could do it again" type stories. We mostly need it for disaster
> recovery since we're looking to improve upon our current nightly
> backup/syncs in which we pg_dump the database, SCP it to the backup,
> then pg_restore on the backup. It's possible WAL copying will do it,
> too, but don't know if people find this workable or not.

Replicate the whole block device, PostgreSQL sits on.

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Regards,
Hannes Dorbath