[ADMIN] clustering with shared storage

2012-03-20 Thread Gary Webster
Hello. Sorry if this is redundant, but I can't find any 'cookbook' for getting this setup. The best I've found is here: http://wiki.postgresql.org/images/5/58/06.5_-_Devrim_Gunduz_-_PostgreSQLClusteringWithRedHatClusterSuite--LT.pdf but, it doesn't go into setup details. I have a few

Re: [ADMIN] clustering with shared storage

2012-03-20 Thread Devrim GÜNDÜZ
Hi, On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 15:26 -0400, Gary Webster wrote: The best I've found is here: http://wiki.postgresql.org/images/5/58/06.5_-_Devrim_Gunduz_-_PostgreSQLClusteringWithRedHatClusterSuite--LT.pdf but, it doesn't go into setup details. http://www.gunduz.org/download.php?dlid=190 has a

Re: [ADMIN] clustering with shared storage

2012-03-20 Thread amador alvarez
Hi there, I wonder why are you considering this solution, as if something wrong comes within the data (logical corruption, user error) it will be spread on both locations, Would not be better a delayed standby database. I am curious because I am setting this up right now and do not get all

Re: [ADMIN] clustering with shared storage

2012-03-20 Thread Devrim GÜNDÜZ
On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 13:33 -0700, amador alvarez wrote: I wonder why are you considering this solution * Automatic failover detection * No replication overhead, in case you don't need it. RHCS+PostgreSQL can also be used when you shard your data to multiple databases, and use each server as

Re: [ADMIN] clustering with shared storage

2012-03-20 Thread Rosser Schwarz
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:33 PM, amador alvarez aalva...@d2.com wrote: I wonder why are you considering this solution, as if something wrong comes within the data (logical corruption, user error) it will be spread on both locations, Would not be better a delayed standby database. That's a