On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> There are a couple of plausible ways to proceed here: >> >>> 1. Do nothing. >> >>> 2. When a smart shutdown is initiated, shut off synchronous >>> replication. >> >>> 3. Accept new replication connections even when the system is >>> undergoing a smart shutdown. >> >> I agree that #3 is impractical and #2 is a bad idea, which seems to >> leave us with #1 (unless anyone has a #4)? This is probably just >> something we should figure is going to be one of the rough edges >> in the first release of sync rep. > > That's kind of where my mind was headed too, although I was (probably > vainly) hoping for a better option.
Though I proposed #3, I can live with #1 for now. Even if smart shutdown gets stuck, we can resolve that by requesting fast shutdown or emptying synchronous_standby_names. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
