Re: WAL to RAW devices ?

Alex Vinogradovs <AVinogradovs@clearpathnet.com> writes:
>  The idea is to have say 2 raw devices which would be used as 2 WAL
> segments (round-robin). RO servers will go after the one that's not used
> at a given time with something like xlogdump utility and produce INSERT
> statements to be then executed locally. After that import is done, a
> command will be issued to the WO server to switch to the other segment
> so that the cycle can repeat.

Why would you insist on these being raw devices?  Do you enjoy writing
filesystems from scratch?

            regards, tom lane