Re: [HACKERS] redundancy and disk i/o

2000-12-04 Thread Dominic J. Eidson
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Sandeep Joshi wrote: 1. Is it possible to set up a set of redundant disks for a database? one of them being remote from the database? Call IBM Global Services, and tell them you are interested in purchasing an RS/6000 with a 7133 SSA drives, one tray off-site using the

Re: [HACKERS] redundancy and disk i/o

2000-12-04 Thread Thomas Lockhart
If you're talking about replication, PostgreSQL, Inc. will be offering a solution to its $19,000/yr Platinum Partners shortly. It will be released in open source form no more than two years after its release in proprietary form. Check out http://www.erserver.com for more details, and

[HACKERS] redundancy and disk i/o

2000-12-03 Thread Sandeep Joshi
Hi, I have two questions 1. Is it possible to set up a set of redundant disks for a database? one of them being remote from the database? 2. If I want to use my i/o routines for disk i/o, is it possible? does postgres support such APIs? thanks, Sandeep