2 instance of postgres service running against same db files?

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#1Arnaldo Gandol
agacode@gmail.com

Can I have 2 instance of postgres service running against same db???. I
meant 2 machine or the same machine with a 2 running executing postgres
process (if it is in the same machine, then through different ports),
working with the same db files, may be in a shared storage or any common
mounted file system. Any other variant? How?

Im sorry because of my english. I speak spanish.

thanks...

In reply to: Arnaldo Gandol (#1)
Re: 2 instance of postgres service running against same db files?

On 25/05/2007 18:56, Arnaldo Gandol wrote:

Can I have 2 instance of postgres service running against same db???. I
meant 2 machine or the same machine with a 2 running executing postgres
process (if it is in the same machine, then through different ports),

AFAIK you can't, and trying to do so is a sure way to finish up with a
corrupt database.

Ray.

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#3John Gateley
gateley@jriver.com
In reply to: Raymond O'Donnell (#2)
Re: 2 instance of postgres service running against same db files?

Take a search through the archives for:
Fault Tolerant Postgresql (two machines, two postmasters, one disk array)
I recently posted this question and got a lot of good responses.

j

On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:59:34 +0100
Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie> wrote:

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On 25/05/2007 18:56, Arnaldo Gandol wrote:

Can I have 2 instance of postgres service running against same db???. I
meant 2 machine or the same machine with a 2 running executing postgres
process (if it is in the same machine, then through different ports),

AFAIK you can't, and trying to do so is a sure way to finish up with a
corrupt database.

#4Ron Johnson
ron.l.johnson@cox.net
In reply to: Raymond O'Donnell (#2)
Re: 2 instance of postgres service running against same db files?

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On 05/25/07 12:59, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:

On 25/05/2007 18:56, Arnaldo Gandol wrote:

Can I have 2 instance of postgres service running against same db???. I
meant 2 machine or the same machine with a 2 running executing postgres
process (if it is in the same machine, then through different ports),

AFAIK you can't, and trying to do so is a sure way to finish up with a
corrupt database.

It sure would be nice, but would require (lots of?) work in order to
integrate PG with a distributed lock manager. And *BSD don't have
one, although a DLM was merged into Linux 2.6.19.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_lock_manager
http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/dlm/

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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