On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:42:29PM +0200, Pierre LEBRECH wrote: > The second location should be used in case of emergency. So, if my first > machine/system becomes unreachable for whatever reason, I want to be > able to switch very quickly to the other machine. Of course, the goal is > to have no loss of data. That is the context. > > Furthermore, I have experience with DRBD (not on databases) and I do not > know if DRBD would be the best way to solve this replication problem. > > Thanks for any suggestions and explanations. > > PS : my database is actualy in production in a critical environment I believe that Continuent currently has the only no-loss (ie: syncronous) replication solution. DRBD might allow for this as well, if it can be setup to not return from fsync until the data's been replicated. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
