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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Sun Apr 24 07:57:14 EDT 2005 + Last updated: Sun Apr 24 08:01:19 EDT 2005 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -763,10 +763,10 @@ Though "replication" is a single term, there are two major replication technologies. Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be - sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability has a serious - performance impact. Pgcluster is the most popular such solution - available for PostgreSQL. Master-slave replication allows a single - master to receive read/write queries, with slaves able to accept only - read/SELECT queries. The most popular master-slave PostgreSQL - replication solution is Slony. There are also commercial and - hardware-based replication solutions available. + sent to multiple replicated computers. Using this capability has a + serious performance impact. Pgcluster is the most popular such + solution available for PostgreSQL. Master-slave replication allows a + single master to receive read/write queries, with slaves able to + accept only read/SELECT queries. The most popular master-slave + PostgreSQL replication solution is Slony. There are also commercial + and hardware-based replication solutions available. |