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> > Yep, WAL collects all database changes into one file. Easy to see how
> > some other host trying to replication a different host would find the
> > WAL contents valuable.
>
> Unfortunately, slave database(s) should be on the same platform
> (hardware+OS) to be able to use information about *physical*
> changes in data files. Also, this would be still *async* replication.
> Maybe faster than rserv, maybe with less space requirements (no rserv'
> log table), but maybe not.
>
> I believe that making efforts to implement (bi-directional) *sync*
> replication would be more valuable.
Or maybe an platform-neutral interface to the WAL file. Seems this
would fit a need.
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