jg@xxxxxxxx (Pailloncy Jean-Gerard) writes: > I suppose (because I never used it) that there is a speed boost. I would suppose (because synchronization has substantial costs) that there is more than likely _no_ material improvement in performance. "Clustering" can only provide material performance improvements if the problem turns out to be "embarrassingly parallelizable." That is a rather difficult condition to satisfy, and it is very likely to be FALSE whenever there is need for conflict resolution between nodes. -- "cbbrowne","@","ca.afilias.info" <http://linuxdatabases.info/info/slony.html> Christopher Browne (416) 673-4124 (land) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq