Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 05:26:56PM -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote:

>> Yeah, it would be damn nice if there was a stronger alternative. From
>> what I've read I think Slony-II might fit the bill (though I can't
>> remember if there's a guarantee that a changeset will exist at least
>> somewhere else before COMMIT returns), but I suspect it wouldn't perform
>> well over a WAN.
> 
> Well, the idea of slony-2 is that when a COMMIT returns, you are
> guartanteed that all then-participating nodes have the data.  The big
> question is whether slony-2 is even possible, alas.  and no, it
> certainly won't work over a WAN.

Would the new "Two Phase Commit" stuff mentioned in the 8.1 release 
notes obsolete slony-2?  I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but 
isn't that what's already there?


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