Re: Slony vs Longiste

Jason Long <mailing(dot)list(at)supernovasoftware(dot)com> writes:
> I need to set up master vs slave replication.
>
> My use case is quite simple. I need to back up a small but fairly
> complex(30 MB data, 175 tables) DB remotely over T1 and be able to
> switch to that if the main server fails. The switch can even be a
> script run manually.
>
> Can someone either comment in as much detail as possible or point me
> to a comparison of Slony vs Longiste. Or some other option I have not
> heard of?

You can also consider using pg-pool[1] or sequioa[2] which will
automatically handle high-availability if any of the servers fails.

Regards.

[1] http://pgpool.projects.postgresql.org/
[2] http://sequoia.continuent.org/