Re: Sync Rep Design

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sync Rep Design
Date: 2010-12-31 14:13:50
Message-ID: AANLkTikMYiH0y8JMoVz6JFbtnNxZxKV-SyF7Cv4ch5dt@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner
<stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> wrote:
>> What's weird about using the role name?  That's our standard way of
>> distinguishing between two or more users.  Why invent something new?
>
> wel a user is not a host/server for me - given there is no real benefit from
> using distinct roles for each standby yet I don't see why we should
> complicate the replication setup procedure by requiring 1 role per standby.
> So I'm all for giving each standby a name but please make it an explicit one
> and not something that is only vaguely related to the actual standby host.

OK. If that's the consensus, can someone post a patch?

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Robert Haas
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