ease of use sync

Started by zach cruiseover 17 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1zach cruise
zachc1980@gmail.com

on projects where i ended up selecting oracle, *my* main reasons were
(1) clustering/replication
(2) cross-database query
(3) promise of drcp
in that order

for (1), actually more for synchronization/transfer, i got a simple
suggestion:
while installing postgresql, why not ask the user to give ip of a 2nd remote
machine with the right ports open on which the installer can then repeat the
exact installation, prompt for sync frequency, and do a
pg_dumpall/pg_restore based on that frequency. so by the time you are done
installing, you got a "stand-by"! repeat that for upgrades.

it is easy to do manually (setup cron, navicat etc) but far easier when
combined during postgresql installation.

#2Scott Marlowe
scott.marlowe@gmail.com
In reply to: zach cruise (#1)
Re: ease of use sync

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM, zach cruise <zachc1980@gmail.com> wrote:

on projects where i ended up selecting oracle, *my* main reasons were
(1) clustering/replication
(2) cross-database query
(3) promise of drcp
in that order

for (1), actually more for synchronization/transfer, i got a simple
suggestion:
while installing postgresql,

But for 99.9% of people installing they don't want to deal with it,
and if they're on a unix OS using packages, it would have to halt
install to ask a question, which is considered bad form.

So why not instead build a script to do all the things you do by hand
afterwards. I'd think that would get more traction.