From: | Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
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To: | Anupama Ramaswamy <anumr_0123(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: streaming replication + wal shipping |
Date: | 2014-04-14 08:03:16 |
Message-ID: | A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B17CEFEED@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at |
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Anupama Ramaswamy wrote:
> I would like to setup a 2 servers with streaming replication, one master and another hot standby.
> I want to use the standby for read-only queries. So I want the replication lag to be as small as
> possible.
> So I choose streaming replication over WAL shipping.
>
> When the master fails, I want the standby to take over as master. So I would like minimal data loss,
> if there is a streaming replication delay.
>
> Is it possible to setup such a way that under normal conditions the standby by replicating using
> streaming replication and on failover, it uses the WAL archive for syncing up with the transactions.
> Of course the WAL will be available on a shared storage volume. If this is possible, what exactly do I
> need in my configuration files - postgresql.conf, recovery.conf ?
Most of this will happen automatically - WAL archives are used if recovery
falls behind.
Where you will need additional software is automatic failover; you need some
OS cluster software that can detect failure and automatically promote the standby.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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