On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 00:24 -0700, Guido Neitzer wrote:
> On 09.01.2008, at 00:14, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>
> >> Like, I have a situation where I need multi-master just for
> >> availability. Two small servers are good enough for that. But
> >> unfortunately with PostgreSQL the whole setup is a major pain in
> >> the ...
> >>
> >
> > Isn't that the reason they hire DB admins and not the run of the mill
> > guy.
>
> Isn't that more the situation where it is preferred to have a working
> fail-over with as less money and work as possible?
Yep.. There's where FOSS comes about. But as mentioned, there's a
learning curve in everything and granted that in FOSS, sometimes
documentation is sparse etc.
I guess the other side of the coin is this -> If you want it cheap, you
have to do it yourself and I've be rich for each time the
plumber/electricion/etc comes around to fix something. Each time, the
itch is for me to learn how to do it myself.
>
> There is just no way I (personally) can afford hiring someone to set
> that up as I'm talking about something that hasn't brought a dollar
> yet and will probably not for the next time ... and it is my own
> project, but there is still some need for a reliable service to come
> to a point where I can maybe hire someone.
point taken.