[KLUG Members] Postgres Cluster

[Dirk H Bartley]

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 12:11 -0400, awilliam at whitemice.org wrote:

> You run the databases on high-end machines, most likely with fiber-channel 
> interconnects. $$$,$$$.99 at a minumum.  I know of an Informix 
> cluster instance of two geographically distant servers interconnected by 
> an OC-3.  (Informix supports clusting, but since it isn't a 'current' 
> product I wouldn't recommend any buy it - hence Oracle and DB2).  I think 
> their monthly connect fee is probably higher than my entire annual IT 
> budget.

Ohhh.  I get it nowwwww.  Act like the military and throw money at the
problem.  Sooner or later one of those wads of cash will accomplish the
task.

It seems to me that geographically separated machines would be the most
common reason to have true multi master clustering.  A hive of slave
replicants would seem to be more appropriate for the same building where
failover is the greatest concern.

Dirk