Re: Configuring synchronous replication

On 20/09/10 15:50, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 15:16 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> On 20/09/10 12:17, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>> err... what is the difference between a timeout and stonith?
>>
>> STONITH ("Shoot The Other Node In The Head") means that the other node
>> is somehow disabled so that it won't unexpectedly come back alive. A
>> timeout means that the slave hasn't been seen for a while, but it might
>> reconnect just after the timeout has expired.
>
> You've edited my reply to change the meaning of what was a rhetorical
> question, as well as completely ignoring the main point of my reply.
>
> Please respond to the main point: Following some thought and analysis,
> AFAICS there is no sensible use case that requires standby registration.

Ok, I had completely missed your point then.

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