Re: 8.4 release planning
David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-01-27T17:05:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:36:02AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes: > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 03:12:02PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > >> I don't think this is correct. > > > I do. > > > People literally grab my shoulder and ask when we'll have it. > > Do these people understand the difference between HS and a complete > replication solution? Yes, and those who don't catch on quickly. The difference between warm standby and hot is the difference between an idle resource which only consumes money to mitigate risk and a revenue-generating one. The former is for fat organizations with money to throw around, and the latter is for anybody who needs to scale reads. > Are they still as excited after you explain the difference? Yes. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate