Re: Fault Tolerant Postgresql (two machines, two postmasters, one disk array)

John Gateley wrote:
> Sorry if this is a FAQ, I did search and couldn't find much.
> 
> I need to make my Postgresql installation fault tolerant.
> I was imagining a RAIDed disk array that is accessible from two
> (or multiple) computers, with a postmaster running on each computer.
> (Hardware upgrades could then be done to each computer at different
> times without losing access to the database).

We are doing this, more or less.  We use the RH cluster suite on two 
machines that share a common data silo.  Basically, if one machine 
fails, the other fires up a postmaster and picks up where the other left 
off.

That's real simple description because we actually have an active/active 
configuration with multiple postmasters running on each machine. 
Machine A is the active machine for databases 1-3 and machine B is the 
active machine for databases 4-6.   If machine A fails, postmasters are 
fired up on machine B to attend to databases 1-3.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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