On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 4:41 AM, Markus Wanner <markus@bluegap.ch> wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Do we want to call the feature "hot standby"? Is a read-only standby a
>> "standby" or a "slave"?
>
> I think hot standby is pretty much the term, now.
See here for the previous iteration of this discussion:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-08/msg00870.php
I've always thought this feature was misnamed and nothing has happened
to change my mind, but it's not clear whether I'm in the majority.
...Robert