Re: Quorum commit for multiple synchronous replication.

On 08/29/2016 06:52 AM, Fujii Masao wrote:
> Also I like the following Simon's idea.
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CANP8+jLHfBVv_pW6grASNUpW+bdk5DcTu7GWpNAP-+-ZWvKT6w@mail.gmail.com
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> * first k (n1, n2, n3) – does the same as k (n1, n2, n3) does now
> * any k (n1, n2, n3) – would release waiters as soon as we have the
> responses from k out of N standbys. “any k” would be faster, so is
> desirable for performance and resilience

What are we going to do for backwards compatibility, here?

So, here's the dilemma:

If we want to keep backwards compatibility with 9.6, then:

"k (n1, n2, n3)" == "first k (n1, n2, n3)"

However, "first k" is not what most users will want, most of the time;
users of version 13, years from now, will be getting constantly confused
by "first k" behavior when they wanted quorum.  So the sensible default
would be:

"k (n1, n2, n3)" == "any k (n1, n2, n3)"

... however, that will break backwards compatibility.  Thoughts?

My $0.02 is that we break backwards compat somehow and document the heck
out of it.

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Josh Berkus
Red Hat OSAS
(any opinions are my own)