-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:39:42 -0500 Chris Browne <cbbrowne@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Unfortunately, the only way to make things deterministic (or to get > from "near real time" to "*GUARANTEED* real time") is to jump to > synchronous replication, which is not much different from 2PC (Two > Phase Commit), and which is certain to be prohibitively expensive > across a WAN. > > At this point, I tend to get visions of Tom Cruise telling Jack > Nicholson, "I want real time replication!", and getting the response: > "You can't HANDLE real time replication!" You're damn right I ordered real time replication! - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHSzrvATb/zqfZUUQRAqfwAKCA+p8tzxIQJGrnEm8F7D5H0HbkCQCfTk7J D0mtHxYmVhXVAfbvUYMO6tw= =0m/Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/