On 2015-07-02 PM 03:43, Beena Emerson wrote: > Amit wrote: > >> Does HA software determine a standby to promote based on replication >> progress >> or would things be reliable enough for it to infer one from the quorum >> setting >> specified in GUC (or wherever)? Is part of the job of this patch to make >> the >> latter possible? Just wondering or perhaps I am completely missing the >> point. > > Deciding the failover standby is not exactly part of this patch but we > should be able to set up a mechanism to decide which is the best standby to > be promoted. > > We might not be able to conclude this from the sync parameter alone. > > As specified before in some cases an async standby could also be most > eligible for the promotion. >
Thanks for the explanation. Regards, Amit -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
