glynastill@xxxxxxxxxxx (Glyn Astill) writes: > It it possible to get a system that does syncronous replication and > also allows slaves to catch up if they're down for a period of time > like you can with asyncronous? Well, a "modal approach" is possible - that's what Postgres-R tries to do. Of course, once you drop into a mode that "allows slaves to catch up," then you have given up on synchronicity, and have fallen back to asynchronous replication. If you systematically have a way to do that, then you no longer have a replication system that can honestly be called "synchronous." If it's *truly* synchronous, then when nodes fall over, the system MUST stop accepting transactions. -- output = reverse("ofni.secnanifxunil" "@" "enworbbc") http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/linux.html Signs of a Klingon Programmer - 2. "Specifications are for the weak and timid!" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/