David Fetter wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:38:11AM +0200, Markus Schiltknecht wrote: > > > Can we name the chapter "Fail-over, Load-Balancing and Replication > > Options"? That would fit everything and contain the necessary buzz words. > ... > > > IMHO, it does not make sense to speak of a synchronous replication for a > > 'Shared Disk Fail Over'. It's not replication, because there's no replica. > > As you point out, there is no replica of the data, but there is some > protection against machine failure, which puts it firmly in the > "Fail-over" part above.
Right, but his point was not to call it synchronous. I have fixed that in the current version. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
