Hi, We have been wanting to HA our pgsql server for some time now. We're actually reaching the limits of our current server now, so there is a pressing need to do something to ease the load too. There are several individual solutions to both of these problems. I was hoping I could get some advice from someone more experienced though, about what the simplest most effective way of moving forward would be? Hopefully I can squash both HA and LB with the same solution. So far I've narrowed it down to Slony-I master/slave replication with failover or pgpool-II with heartbeat for failover. The pgpool-II configuration matrix (http://pgpool.projects.postgresql.org/) isn't terribly clear (there's no legend) but it leads me to believe failover and load balancing are mutually exclusive options. Is that so? About our environment: PostgreSQL 8.3. Over 90% reads. Low data turnover on all tables involved in most of those reads. High data turnover on a select few tables. Overall database size is quite small (1GB). Any advice/help much appreciated. Jamie -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
