On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> (a) seems easily enough solved by giving two steps: giving the DBA a way
> to check where in the replication stream each standby is (I think we
> already have this)
Yep, pg_last_xlog_receive_location would help.
> The second method would be by
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned, the other big "missing feature" for HS is the
> ability to promote standbys to become the new master.
Absolutely. Users often express disappointment when they know
a new base backup required after fail over.
> b) when
All,
As far as I'm concerned, the other big "missing feature" for HS is the
ability to promote standbys to become the new master. If we had that
feature, then HS can be the backbone of a large-scale PostgreSQL
"cloud"; if we don't have it, then HS does not contribute very much to
scalability bey
