Re: PGCluster

Pushpendra Singh Thakur wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a query regarding PGCLuster. I could not find a cluster specific
> mailing list so i m posting it here.

Doesn't look overly active at present -
http://lists.pgfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/pgcluster-general

The project appears to be a bit disorganised. Having three sites that
are in different states doesn't help.

If you didn't know - Cybercluster is based on pgcluster and offers
commercial support.
http://www.postgresql.at/english/support_cybercluster_e.html

> Is it possible to install pgcluster 1.3c on a system which already has
> postgreSQL 8.3.3 [on FreeBSD]? or the pgcluster package installs the
> postgresql 8.0.1 automatically?

I don't know if pgcluster will work on the standard data dirs.
pgcluster 1.9.x uses 8.3 as the base so would be more likely to read the
8.3 data.

http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgcluster/

> If there is any better way (instead of PGCluster) kindly suggest. My
> objective is to establish a HPC.

I am guessing Slony or pgpool don't meet your needs. Another new entry
to the multi master replication options is Burcardo http://bucardo.org/

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