> I know about PostgresXC, but I thought it is distributed database (similar > to shards of mongoDB). [Though if I am correct there could be tables which > are shared across different nodes, but that is not the best way of > utilizing features of PostgresXC] I think it is not apt to call it > "synchronous" (since there is no replication happening). I thought non "eventual consistency" type DB can be called "synchronous", no? If I am correct, Posgres-XC is definitely synchronous. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese: http://www.sraoss.co.jp -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general