Re: Alternative replication method.

I haven't used this.  It would probably work, but there's also another
way just using plain SCSI.  You can attach both your main machine and a
hot standby to an external RAID array.  When the main machine goes down,
just mount the RAID array yourself.  However, you should also install a
serial power switch so that you can kill the other server dead to prevent
possible damage.

Jon

On 24 Jun 2003, Mike Benoit wrote:

> Has anyone used PostgreSQL with Drbd
> (http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/reisner/drbd/)?
>
> They claim it works with PostgreSQL. Do the PostgreSQL hackers forsee
> any issues with this type of replication method?
>
> Do you think this method (combined with some other HA utilities) could
> work well as a "hot-spare" database server?
>
>
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