Re: Sync replication + high latency server

On 08/12/2015 05:33 PM, Edson Richter wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've a situation where I would like to keep sync replication, where
> servers have 10Mbps network connection but high latency (normally, ~20ms
> but sometimes, 1000ms~2000ms, even 3000ms when network is under load).
>
> Considering that I will keep enough WAL files (let's say, 200 WAL
> segments on a server with low write rate):
>
> What happens if I configure timeout in master server for, let's say, 10
> seconds?
> Will sync replication survive if timeout happens, and then, network
> "recover" it self?

I think you are misunderstanding how sync rep works.

>
> Or will I be obligated to use async replication in such scenario?
>

async is your friend here.

JD


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