Brad Nicholson <bnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 12:07 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> That seems like a fundamentally stupid idea, unless you are unconcerned >> with the time and cost of getting the DB running again, which seemingly >> you are. > I disagree that this is fundamentally stupid. We are talking about a > situation where the server is about to die, HA solution kicks in and > moves it to standby. Moving it to standby immediately is a good idea, but it does not follow that you need to hit the DB over the head with a hammer. A fast-mode shutdown seems perfectly adequate. If it isn't, you're going to need nontrivial recovery effort anyhow. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
