On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM, hyelluas <helen_yelluas(at)mcafee(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to implement HA for the appliance that is sold to the customer - our
> application has no DBA and must be very stable and self recoverable.
>
> We are running PostgreSQL 8.4.
>
> Is the warm standby a good solution for us?
It can work, but hands free administration will be a lot easier with
9.0 SR -- perhaps enough so to justify looking at an upgrade. If you
are stuck on 8.4, take a look at some helper tools, such as skype's
walmgr.
merlin