Re: Geographical multi-master replication

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 3:32 PM Ruben Rubio Rey <tk421(dot)1(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> > Why don't you consider upgrading from postgres 9.4 and with it to a
> supported version of BDR? There is nothing better you can do to keep your
> infrastructure up to date, performant, secure, and actually meet your
> multi-master needs than to upgrade to a newer version of postgres which
> does have BDR support.
>
> This is something that we have definitely thought of. That would be a good
> alternative but I have an strong feeling that the business won't be willing
> to pay for it. The cost of the paid BDR version, in comparison with the
> current fixed expenses of the infrastructure, are just too large. That's
> why we are researching alternatives.
>

When I said “supported version” of BDR, I mostly meant a newer version of
Postgres. I know you have to decide on getting support BDR but regardless
of what route you take, part of your plan needs to be > 9.4 :).

Thanks,
Jeremy