On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Jaime Casanova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > a client of mine is obsessed with the idea of having two postgres > servers looking at the same partition of data... i think i can > configure two servers pointing to the same $PGDATADIR and let one off > and the other on but is it possible for load balancing, i mean with > the two servers active? obviously one of the two should be only for > reading...
It won't work, and will (if you even manage to get the second server to start) cause all manner of pain and suffering. Look for a different solution (Slony? Bucardo?) -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
