Re: Replication docs update

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01:34PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 22:26, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Our chapter, "Comparison of Different Solutions", needs an update to use
> > our new streaming replication terminology, and an update to mention the
> > synchronous option.
> >
> > Patch attached.  I would like to apply it to head and 9.1.
>
> Is it really a good idea to remove the name "hot standby" where you've
> done so? It's a term that's pretty well set by now. Maybe instad "hot
> standby using transaction log replication" instead of taking it away
> completely?

Well, hot/warm standby is really a side-feature of replication, not a
replication technology itself.  WAL streaming is a replication
technology.  For example, Shared Disk Failover is technically a warm
standby too.

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