Re: Logical replication alternative

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Yambu <hyambu(at)gmail(dot)com>, Holger Jakobs <holger(at)jakobs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Logical replication alternative
Date: 2020-11-04 15:35:08
Message-ID: 95a62c9dc6e707ae6181f3146b521c7a7e29cd49.camel@cybertec.at
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On Wed, 2020-11-04 at 13:34 +0200, Yambu wrote:
> > Why do you need an alternative to logical replication? Please tell us
> > why logical replication isn't for you.
>
> 1. We want to update the few tables once a day
> 2. We want to avoid restart the mission critical database, changing wal_level requires a restart

I think that you should plan the restart - it is only a short downtime.

All the other solutions (Skytools, Slony, ...) are way more invasive:
they will create triggers on your precious database, which can slow
down data modifications considerably.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

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