On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:24:48AM -0700, Ed L. wrote: > Sounds like 24x7x365 operations on a single cluster is maybe too > tall of an order under these loads. Maybe time for slony & friends > for maintenance switchovers.
24x7x365 was never the true operation point. All systems have/need regularly scheduled downtime for service/maintence. Even systems that claimed "five nines" reliability did not include their regular scheduled downtime in the "five nines" calculation. http://www.bcr.com/bcrmag/2002/05/p22.php See the "Myth vs. Reality" section. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
