On 3/10/2016 1:41 PM, Edson Richter wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Using async replication between geographically database servers. I've
> some 9.3 and some 9.4 servers, so doesn't matter the version (the only
> reason I've not migrated all to 9.4 yet is because I'm short on time).
>
> I've experienced some synchronization failures between Master-Slave
> servers (for example, if connection is lost for 4 to 6 hours, the number
> of wall keep segments may not suffice).
> I've created some bash scripts that will reacreate the master-slave
> using rsync, which seems to be farily easy - but really slow.
> Depending on server size (130Gb for example) take really long on a 5Mbps
> link - in some cases, all night long.
>
> This is the first approach: all databases in one server, and if I loose
> the sync between master and slave, all data need to be transfered
> between server and slave and is really slow.
>
> The other approach I've tested is to split each database in one cluster.
> By using the second approach, I can resynch each server separeted (for
> example 15Gb instead 130Gb).
> This approach have the problema that it is needed to configure and
> maintain another cluster for each database.
>
> Is there a best practice for multi-database systems with async
> replication to avoid such "resync" problems?
>
>
> Thanks for your orientation,
>
I wrote about my setup here:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/548F3954.8040501@squeakycode.net
Would be happy to answer questions.
-Andy