Jeff Larsen escribió: > > Someone is working on extending the current system to allow read-only > > queries on a standby server [1], thus making it a "hot standby", but > > this feature apparently won't be included until 8.4 [2]. > > My 2 cents... > > I would rather see someone working on true synchronous replication, > rather than a readable hot-standby. Yeah, I know, different problems > with different solutions. But,. for my money, a readable hot-standby > doesn't give me added functionality, it's just a performance option. > Whereas synchronous replication has much greater value from a the > perspective of running a 24x7 business. > > I'm on the verge of dumping our commercial DB in favor of PostgreSQL, > but this is one issue that is holding me back. Maybe you can persuade Markus Schiltknecht to let you have a peek at his Postgres-R project, http://www.postgres-r.org http://www.postgres-r.org/about/sponsoring -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/5ZYLFMCVHXC "¿Qué importan los años? Lo que realmente importa es comprobar que a fin de cuentas la mejor edad de la vida es estar vivo" (Mafalda) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
