In response to Bo Lorentsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi ...
> 
> I have been trying to find a replication to a payment system at the 
> company I work, and Slony-I is of cause the first thing that game into 
> my attention. But when reading chapter 23.3 in the PG manual, there is 
> this comment of PITR used as a replication tool.
> 
> I also saw the "pgpitrha" project, and this sounds really nice too, but 
> is this a good way to go ? Will PITR be more replication friendly
> in the future or even form the basis for a future buildin async 
> replication form ?
> 
> I may be naive, but to me it sound like we/I only need some kind of 
> protocol (or API in postgres) to move PITR data from one server to 
> another, and we could end up with a nice async replication system.
> 
> pros :
> - DDL replications
> - low overhead
> - no trickers
> 
> Cons:
> -  binary alike master slave
- No reliability.  On slow days, WAL logs could take a long time to
  rotate, so small but important transactions might not be replicated
  for a long time.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.

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