On 03/07/2016 07:30 AM, Tsunakawa, Takayuki wrote:
>> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
>> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Mark Kirkwood
>> For cloud - in particular Openstack (which I am working with ATM), the
>> biggest thing would be:
>>
>> - multi-master replication
>>
>> or failing that:
>>
>> - self managing single master failover (voting/quorum etc)
Hmm.... consul (optionally in a dockerized setup) ? https://www.consul.io/
>> so that operators can essentially 'set and forget'. We currently use
>> Mysql+ Galera (multi master) and Mongodb (self managing single master)
>> and the convenience and simplicity is just so important (Openstack is a
>> huge complex collection of services - hand holding of any one service is
>> pretty much a non starter).
> Yes, I was also asked whether PostgreSQL has any optional functionality like Galera Cluster for MySQL. He was
planninga scalable PaaS service which performs heavy reads and writes. Demand exists.
AFAIK, Galera has its own set of drawbacks....
HTH,
/ JL