Re: [HACKERS] Replication documentation addition

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > Jim,
> > >
> > > > That's true of simple query broadcasting (ie: pgpool), but not true ?
> > > > of Continuent/Sequoia. Continuent's software adds a lot of additional ?
> > > > features on top of simple query broadcasting, making it far more ?
> > > > robust than simply spewing queries out to every node in the cluster. ?
> > > > You still have to be very careful with how you use it, but not nearly ?
> > > > as much as with simpler solutions.
> > >
> > > I think the general term is "statement-based replication", not "broadcasting".
> >
> > Well, the problem is that you can use a statement-based method to
> > replication from a master to a slave.  I think MySQL used to use this
> > method, or still does, so I don't think the term "statement-based" is
> > clear enough, though I am open to other terms than "broadcast".
>
> Oops, I see Markus Schiltknech likes the term "statement-based
> replication" better too.  Certainly master-slave communication using
> "statement-based replication" has the same drawbacks as the broadcast
> method, but I wanted to highlight that the broadcast was happening
> outside the server.  Do we need a master/slave "statement-based
> replication" item and a middleware broadcast item?

OK, new text:

 <varlistentry>
  <term>Statement-Based Replication</term>
  <listitem>

   <para>
    In statement-based replication, a program intercepts every SQL
    query and sends it to all servers.  Each server operates
    independently.  Read-only queries can be sent to a single server
    because there is no need for all servers to process it.
   </para>

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