This is to announce a first prototype of database replication for the open source HSQLDB database (HSQLDB/R).
Documentation is available at: http://www.javagroups.com/javagroupsnew/docs/hsqldbr.html The prototype can be downloaded from either http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23316&release_id=108957 or http://www.javagroups.com/javagroupsnew/docs/hsqldbr.html The functionality of HSQLDB/R includes: - Multiple replicas in a replication cluster (a replica is an HSQLDB database server). Replicas find each other via JavaGroups, no configuration is needed (in almost all cases) - Updates to one replica are propagated to all other replicas in the same cluster - New replicas will fetch the entire database contents (e.g.schema, users, contents) from an existing replica. Initial replicas will initialize themselves from file (if exists). - Can be used for failover from a primary to a backup (hot-standby) database server Future functionality will include: - Replication support will be an optional part of HSQLDB. Replication-related classes are only loaded when needed. - Transfer of large DBs - Binary format for replication (more efficient) - Group-aware JDBC driver: client's JDBC driver will automatically use only available database servers. If a server fails, client will transparently choose another server. Policy of choosing a server will be user-defined. - Conflict prevention and resolution when updating the same data in different replicas. Disclaimer: this is a prototype to experiment with replication in HSQLDB and should by no means be used for mission-critical data ! Questions and comments about HSQLDB/R can be posted to http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hsqldb-developers or on the HSQLDB Open Discussion Forum (for those who don't want to subscribe to a list): https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=73673 Bela Ban, JavaGroups (www.javagroups.com) Fred Toussi, HSQLDB (www.hsqldb.org) San Jose/London, Sept 5 2002 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ hsqldb-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hsqldb-developers
