Josh Berkus wrote:
> Jim,
>
> > That's true of simple query broadcasting (ie: pgpool), but not true ?
> > of Continuent/Sequoia. Continuent's software adds a lot of additional ?
> > features on top of simple query broadcasting, making it far more ?
> > robust than simply spewing queries out to every node in the cluster. ?
> > You still have to be very careful with how you use it, but not nearly ?
> > as much as with simpler solutions.
>
> I think the general term is "statement-based replication", not "broadcasting".
Well, the problem is that you can use a statement-based method to
replication from a master to a slave. I think MySQL used to use this
method, or still does, so I don't think the term "statement-based" is
clear enough, though I am open to other terms than "broadcast".
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