> 2. With sync replication, you have coordination problems and > therefore it is never (at least IME) a win compared to master-slave > replication since all writes must occur in the same order in the set, > or you need global sequences, or such. *snip* > You will never get better read or write throughput, Better read throughput is trivial to achieve even with other solutions than multi-master replication. And for better write throughput, the developers of Postgres-XC (supported by NTT, among others) beg to differ: http://postgresxc.wikia.com/wiki/Postgres-XC_Wiki http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/ As does Bettina Kemme (of Postgres-R fame). Sincerely, Wolfgang -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general