Re: Keepalive for max_standby_delay

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Syncing two servers in replication is common practice, as has been
> explained here; I'm still surprised people think otherwise. Measuring
> the time between two servers is the very purpose of the patch, so the
> synchronisation is not a design flaw, it is its raison d'etre.

I think the purpose of the patch should not be to measure the time
difference between servers, but rather the replication delay.  While I
don't necessarily agree with Tom's statement that this is must-fix, I
do agree that it would be nicer if we could avoid depending on time
sync.  Yeah, I keep my servers time synced, too.  But, shit happens.

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