[Pacemaker] setup advice

[Stefano Sasso]

2013/7/3 Andrey Groshev <greenx at yandex.ru>

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> 03.07.2013, 12:30, "Stefano Sasso" <stesasso at gmail.com>:
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> 2013/7/3 Andrey Groshev <greenx at yandex.ru>
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> 03.07.2013, 11:42, "Stefano Sasso" <stesasso at gmail.com>:
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> Does "standby" mean that PostgreSQL is stopped ?
> If Master doesn't have WAL files which new slave needs,
> new slave can't connect master.
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> How do you solve it ?
> copy data or wal-archive on start automatically ?
> It may cause timed-out if PostgreSQL has large database.
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> I'm using streaming replication.
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> This is understandable, it is not clear what your "slave" is different
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> slave is syncronized with streaming replication,
> standby do a sync on daily basis (so if both master and slave fails, I
> lose only one day of data - not a problem).
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> I would call it a "backup" :)
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yeah, but a standby can become a master or a slave ;)

bests,
stefano


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