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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index b88bc9cfd8d..1bd0b9b02a5 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff"> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Fri Apr 29 23:51:45 EDT 2005</P> + <P>Last updated: Fri Apr 29 23:53:16 EDT 2005</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>) @@ -987,20 +987,22 @@ length</TD></TR> <H3><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available? </H3> + <P>Though "replication" is a single term, there are several technologies for doing replication, with advantages and disadvantages for each.</P> <P>Master/slave replication allows a single master to receive read/write - queries, while slaves can only accept read/<SMALL>SELECT</SMALL> queries. - The most popular freely available master-slave PostgreSQL replication - solution is <A href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/projdisplay.php"> + queries, while slaves can only accept read/<SMALL>SELECT</SMALL> + queries. The most popular freely available master-slave PostgreSQL + replication solution is <A + href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/projdisplay.php"> Slony-I</A>.</P> <P>Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to - multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe - impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between - servers. <A href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgcluster/">Pgcluster</a> - is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL.</P> + multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact + on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between servers. + <A href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgcluster/">Pgcluster</a> is the + most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL.</P> <P>There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions available supporting a variety of replication models.</P> |