From: | Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch> |
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To: | Matthew <mboehm(at)voilaip(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Geographic High-Availability/Replication |
Date: | 2007-08-24 13:21:10 |
Message-ID: | 46CEDB46.9030107@bluegap.ch |
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Hi,
Matthew wrote:
> Hey all, new postgres user here. We are trying to setup/research an
> HA/Replicated solution with Postrgresql between a datacenter in LA and a
> d.c. in NY.
>
> We have a private LAN link between the two D.C.'s with a max round-trip
> of 150ms.
>
> We will have a web server at each d.c. (among other servers) that will
> write/read to/from the local LAN DB. On writes, that data should be
> xmited to the other data center so that if, for whatever reason, my
> website request was sent to LA instead of NY, all my session information
> etc will still exist.
This is commonly known as synchronous replication. As that involves
*at-least* one round-trip *before* committing, it's quite expensive. Can
you live with a delay of ~150ms before COMMIT confirmation?
Another issue is the reliability of your failure detectors. How does
server B know that server A is really down (and not only the link?).
Normally, that's solved with a quorum device. So that you have to have
at least three servers - preferably in different locations.
Regards
Markus
Disclaimer: I'm the developer behind Postgres-R (www.postgres-r.org)
have a look at it, it's designed to do what you are looking for.
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