Andrew Sullivan <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 10:53:51AM -0700, Chris Travers wrote: >> Now, what about PgPool as a multimaster sync replication solution? Sure >> it is statement level.... But is there any reason why you cannot have >> multiple PgPool instances running against a number of DB servers? > Well, to begin with, you have a serious race condition: > pgpool begins T1 on M1 and M2. > Someone logs into M2 and does some work in T2. > M1 completes the work of T1. > M2 completes the work of T2. > pgpool issues COMMIT. > M1 replies with the COMMIT. > M2 detects a deadlock when T2 tries to COMMIT. > Now what? This particular issue is fixable as of 8.1: pgpool should be using 2-phase commit. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: 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