[Gllug] Introductions to Databases

[Steve Mynott]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 04:08:58PM +0100, Peter Corlett typed:

> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 02:57:04PM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> [...]
> > Can PostgreSQL do anything like continuous live backup to another machine?
> > I am thinking of a condition where a company relies on cotinuous access to
> > its database, covering all company activities, and everything would stop
> > if one machine dies until a replacement can be brought on line.
> 
> That's probably the sole reason why one might pick MySQL over PostgreSQL,
> although it's fairly brittle on MySQL and may not give you the high level of
> reliability you desire.

Simple replication is promised in the next postgres release.

In fact it's been promised for many next postgres releases.

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Steve Mynott <steve at gruntling.com>
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