Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

Bill Wordsworth wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Thomas Kellerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bill Wordsworth wrote on 25.03.2008 19:16: When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren't they similar to Oracle's RAC "clusters", ex

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

Bill Wordsworth wrote on 25.03.2008 21:04: On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Thomas Kellerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bill Wordsworth wrote on 25.03.2008 19:16: When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren't they similar to Oracle'

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

Bill Wordsworth escribió: On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Thomas Kellerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Bill Wordsworth wrote on 25.03.2008 19:16: > When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of > postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren'

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Thomas Kellerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Wordsworth wrote on 25.03.2008 19:16: > > When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of > > postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren't they similar to Oracle's RAC > > "clusters", except that the

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

Bill Wordsworth wrote on 25.03.2008 19:16: When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren't they similar to Oracle's RAC "clusters", except that they are not aware of each other? No, absolutely not. Each client request is handled by a

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:16:37 -0400 "Bill Wordsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of > postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren't they similar to Oracle's > RAC "clusters", except that the

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL, clusters and load-balance

When traffic goes up, my webserver creates multiple instances of postgresql.exe. At some basic level, aren't they similar to Oracle's RAC "clusters", except that they are not aware of each other? Does this mean that if I were to create copies of postgresql.exe beforehand and somehow split traffic t