Hi Mike, thanks for the info. will call ian for advise.
From, Carlos Yu CYWare ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Maravillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [plug] Re: NFS/Gigabit Ethernet > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 08:45:24AM +0800, CYWare wrote: > > > > Has anyone out there succesfully implemented a mirrored database using > > PostgreSQL? Will refer to one of our clients if you have the expertise. > > Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. > > As Ian mentioned, drbd can be used for this. The guys from Q > Linux I believe have already used drbd as a mirroring solution in > one of their projects. > > drbd does not actually mirror your database, but the filesystem > itself. For example, all writes on a drbd block device on an > active server is mirrored simultaneously on a standby server. > Couple this with linux-ha/heartbeat and you have a low-cost > high-availability solution. > > Since this is on a block device level, you can therefore use any > database or any application to utilize this mirror. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > mike at maravillo dot org > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
