Don't be lazy, be consistent:
Postgres-R, a new way to implement Database Replication
Bettina Kemme, Gustavo Alonso
Abstract:
Database designers often point out that eager,
update everywhere replication suffers from high deadlock rates,
message overhead and poor response times. In this paper, we show that
these limitations can be circumvented by using a combination of known
and novel techniques. Moreover, we show how the proposed solution can
be incorporated into a real database system. The paper discusses the
new protocols and their implementation in PostgreSQL. It also provides
experimental results proving that many of the dangers and limitations
of replication can be avoided by using the appropriate techniques.
Proc. of the 26th International Conference on Very
Large Databases (VLDB), Cairo, Egypt, September 2000.
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