On 01/08/2014 10:27 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 05:39:23PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> On 8 January 2014 09:07, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going to say right off the bat that I think the whole notion to
>>> automatically disable synchronous replication when the standby goes down is
>>> completely bonkers.
>>
>> Agreed
>>
>> We had this discussion across 3 months and we don't want it again.
>> This should not have been added as a TODO item.
>
> I am glad Heikki and Simon agree, but I don't. ;-)
>
> The way that I understand it is that you might want durability, but
> might not want to sacrifice availability. Phrased that way, it makes
> sense, and notifying the administrator seems the appropriate action.
They want to have the cake and eat it too. But they're not actually
getting that. What they actually get is extra latency when things work,
with no gain in durability.
- Heikki