[Gllug] Introductions to Databases

[Peter Corlett]

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.

The obvious fix here is to not design your business infrastructure so that
it requires 100% database availability.

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