Re: 2-phase commit
Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
Cc: andrew@libertyrms.info, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-10-10T01:00:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > Yes. I don't think that 2PC is a solution for robustness in face of > > network failure. It's too slow, to begin with. Some sort of > > multi-master system is very desirable for network failures, &c., but > > I don't think anybody does active/hot standby with 2PC any more; the > > performance is too bad. > > I'm tired of this kind of "2PC is too slow" arguments. I think > Satoshi, the only guy who made a trial implementation of 2PC for > PostgreSQL, has already showed that 2PC is not that slow. Where does Satoshi's implementation sit right now? Will it patch to v7.4? Can it provide us with a base to work from, or is it complete?