Through an NFS mount maybe?
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Simopoulos [mailto:karkalis@earthling.net]
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 3:03 PM
To: Oscar Serrano
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] 2 computers 1hd 2 postgres daemons. Is it
possible?
a redundant, replicated, or parallel system (choose whichever adjective
befits your desires) is being developed. check out
http://www.erserver.com/.
sharing a single disk is an O/S & hardware problem. what is your intended
platform?
good luck,
tonys.
----- Original Message -----
From: Oscar Serrano <oserra@fondos.net>
To: Postgres interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:15 PM
Subject: [INTERFACES] 2 computers 1hd 2 postgres daemons. Is it possible?
> Hi men :-)
> Just one question for those of you who have spent many time with postgres.
> I want to create a load balancing and High Availability system with two
> servers.
> This two server have a common hard disk: A RAID 5 server connected to them
> by the LAN.
> I have a hardware machine (WSD+ from RADWARE) that manages the load
> balancing.
> I want to have, two servers, and two postgres installations, one in each
> server, but with a common PGDATA directory in the RAID.
> So, if one of the servers crashes, people can still get the information
from
> the other server.
> Esentially, what I want is, two postgres (one in each machine) with a
shared
> PGDATA directory, and that both postgres can access and do Inserts in the
> tables, and when one postgres does an insert, the second sees what the
first
> has inserted.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>