On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 19:33 +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> The server's messages and the documentation uses all of these terms in >> mixed ways. Maybe we could decide on some preferred terminology and >> adjust the existing texts. Ideas? > > Never user the term "secondary" myself. > > I deliberately use "standby" rather than "slave", to differentiate > between an exact replica and a synchronised copy (respectively).
Fwiw I like the word "replica" but I don't see an obvious choice of word to pair it with -- greg -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
