Re: [PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-12 Thread Shaul Dar
All right, so I misspelled Bucardo (also Mammoth...), and the company's name is Command Prompt (please get someone to work on that incomprehensible logo - I went back and looked at it and still have no clue what it means :-). Now how about some serious answers relating to my questions? Dimitri,

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-12 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Currently we use dump (to SQL file, i.e. pg_dump with no args) + file copy to replicate the DB daily between the staging and web servers, and then restore

[PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-11 Thread Shaul Dar
Hi, Our configuration is as follows: 1. A staging server, which receives new data and updates the DB 2. Two web servers that have copies of the DB (essentially read-only) and answer user queries (with load balancer) Currently we use dump (to SQL file, i.e. pg_dump with no args) + file copy to

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-11 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Hi, Shaul Dar shaul...@gmail.com writes: 1. A staging server, which receives new data and updates the DB 2. Two web servers that have copies of the DB (essentially read-only) and answer user queries (with load balancer) [...] Suggestions? I'd consider WAL Shipping for the staging server

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Then there are Slony-I, Buchardo, Mamoth Replicator from CMO, simple replication in Postgres 8.4 and other projects... CMO? :) Joshua D. Drake Suggestions? Thanks, -- Shaul -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-11 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Then there are Slony-I, Buchardo, Mamoth Replicator from CMO, simple replication in Postgres 8.4 and other projects... CMO? :) Buchardo? :) - -- Greg Sabino Mullane g...@turnstep.com End Point Corporation PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200906111229

Re: [PERFORM] Postgres replication: dump/restore, PITR, Slony,...?

2009-06-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 16:30 +, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Then there are Slony-I, Buchardo, Mamoth Replicator from CMO, simple replication in Postgres 8.4 and other projects... CMO? :) Buchardo? :) A new desert, Buchardo CMO: