On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 16:44, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01:34PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 22:26, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: >> > Our chapter, "Comparison of Different Solutions", needs an update to use >> > our new streaming replication terminology, and an update to mention the >> > synchronous option. >> > >> > Patch attached. I would like to apply it to head and 9.1. >> >> Is it really a good idea to remove the name "hot standby" where you've >> done so? It's a term that's pretty well set by now. Maybe instad "hot >> standby using transaction log replication" instead of taking it away >> completely? > > Well, hot/warm standby is really a side-feature of replication, not a > replication technology itself. WAL streaming is a replication
True. I'm just saying it's a term that many are familiar with, and thus removing it doesn't entirely help. Removing PITR is a good idea however :-) > technology. For example, Shared Disk Failover is technically a warm > standby too. Pretty sure Shared Disk qualifies as cold standby. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
