On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > No. Synchronous replication does not help with availability. It allows you > to achieve zero data loss, ie. if the master dies, you are guaranteed that > any transaction that was acknowledged as committed, is still committed.
Hmm.. but we can increase availability without any data loss by using synchronous replication. Many people have already been using synchronous replication softwares such as DRBD for that purpose. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
