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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index d20eca6e901..28f08b5138c 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: Sun Apr 24 07:27:43 EDT 2005</P> + <P>Last updated: Sun Apr 24 07:48:48 EDT 2005</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>) @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ does not exist" errors when accessing temporary tables in PL/PgSQL functions?<BR> <A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) What encryption options are available?<BR> + <A href="#4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available?<BR> <HR> @@ -984,5 +985,18 @@ length</TD></TR> <LI>The server can also run using an encrypted file system.</LI> </UL> + <H3><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available? + </H3> + <P>Though "replication" is a single term, there are two major replication + technologies. Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be + sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability has a + serious performance impact. <A href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgcluster/"> + Pgcluster</A> is the most popular such solution available for PostgreSQL. + Master-slave replication allows a single master to receive read/write + queries, with slaves able to accept only read/<SMALL>SELECT</SMALL> queries. + The most popular master-slave PostgreSQL replication solution is + <A href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/projdisplay.php"> + Slony</A>. There are also commercial and hardware-based replication + solutions available.</P> </BODY> </HTML> |