On 06.10.2010 20:57, Josh Berkus wrote:
While it's nice to dismiss case (1) as an edge-case, consider the likelyhood of someone running PostgreSQL with fsync=off on cloud hosting. In that case, having k = N = 5 does not seem like an unreasonable arrangement if you want to ensure durability via replication. It's what the CAP databases do.
Seems reasonable, but what is a CAP database? -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
