On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 18:51 +0100, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 00:02 +0900, Fujii Masao wrote: > >> > * synchronous_standby_names = "*" matches all standby names > >> > >> Using '*' as the default seems to lead the performance degradation by > >> being connected from unexpected synchronous standby. > > > > You can configure it however you wish. It seemed better to have an out > > of the box setting that was useful. > > Well the HBA still needs some opening before anyone can claim to be a > standby. I guess the default line would be commented out and no standby > would be accepted as synchronous by default, assuming this GUC is sighup.
The patch sets "*" as the default, so all standbys are synchronous by default. Would you prefer it if it was blank, meaning no standbys are synchronous, by default? -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
