> I currently have a postgresql 8 system which I want to replicate > (ideally in realtime) with a spare host in order to introduce some > redundancy - eg. if the master server dies then I've got a ready-to-go > backup. Switchover does not have to be automated. > > I've looked into commandprompt.com's mammoth system, but it only > supports up to 1000 tables (the documentation doesn't mention this!) - > the database in question has more than 1000 tables, and adds new tables > regularly. Slony-I and pgpool apparently don't support dynamic > schemas, which I'd obviously need, so they're not quite up to the job > either. pgpool(without Slony-I) replicates schema changes. And PGCluter too. -- SRA OSS, Inc. Japan Tatsuo Ishii ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq