Slony is the master-slave (not multi-master IIRC) replication environment. I haven't used it, but apparently there are cognoscenti among us who have. I would think, a bit, about what kind of "load" (e.g. CPU, network, disk queues, disk allocation, et cetera) you want to balance before picking up the hammer .... (sorry to preach...) hth, Ross -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig Bryden Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:42 PM To: pgsql Subject: Clustering Database Servers Hi In MS SQL there is a concept of Clustering database servers. This allows for load balancing. Does PostgreSQL have a similar concept? Thanks Craig ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
