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ease of use sync

From
"zach cruise"
Date:
on projects where i ended up selecting oracle, *my* main reasons were
(1) clustering/replication
(2) cross-database query
(3) promise of drcp
in that order
 
for (1), actually more for synchronization/transfer, i got a simple suggestion:
while installing postgresql, why not ask the user to give ip of a 2nd remote machine with the right ports open on which the installer can then repeat the exact installation, prompt for sync frequency, and do a pg_dumpall/pg_restore based on that frequency. so by the time you are done installing, you got a "stand-by"! repeat that for upgrades.
 
it is easy to do manually (setup cron, navicat etc) but far easier when combined during postgresql installation.

Re: ease of use sync

From
"Scott Marlowe"
Date:
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM, zach cruise <zachc1980@gmail.com> wrote:
> on projects where i ended up selecting oracle, *my* main reasons were
> (1) clustering/replication
> (2) cross-database query
> (3) promise of drcp
> in that order
>
> for (1), actually more for synchronization/transfer, i got a simple
> suggestion:
> while installing postgresql,

But for 99.9% of people installing they don't want to deal with it,
and if they're on a unix OS using packages, it would have to halt
install to ask a question, which is considered bad form.

So why not instead build a script to do all the things you do by hand
afterwards.  I'd think that would get more traction.