Re: Replication

Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@abpni.co.uk> writes:
> What is the difference between the "Hot-Standby" and "Warm-Standby"? Is the
> only different that the "Hot-Standby" standby servers are read-only, whereas
> the "Warm-Standby" standbys can't be queried at all?

That and the fact that running queries are not canceled at the time you
flick the switch to have your standby a master. The ongoing read-only
traffic is not affected. That's hot.

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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