[ADMIN] introduction

[matthias]

Hello everyone,

just wanted to introduce myself and ask a question ...

I am currently helping out a friend to set up a postgres database for
his startup.
I have some postgres experience, but not so much with clusters/slony
Someone is suggesting a HA solution, and I do not have the time to wrap
my head around it right know, not to mention support.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a host that offers turnkey solutions
for clustered postgres hosting?
Our current provider answered my questions that they had heard of a
client "who did this once". They had no idea what slony means. So I am
not feeling so warm and fuzzy about them.

Thank you in advance for any pointers!
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Kind Regards

Matthias

[Steve Crawford]

Post by matthias
Hello everyone,
I have some postgres experience, but not so much with clusters/slony
Someone is suggesting a HA solution, and I do not have the time to
wrap my head around it right know, not to mention support.

Are you using clustering for redundancy or for sharding/scaling? For
redundancy, the current built-in replication is the easiest to set up
with no add-ons needed. You may find it very beneficial to engage a
PostgreSQL-savvy consultant or firm who has encountered your use-pattern
and can guide you.

Post by matthias
Does anyone have a suggestion for a host that offers turnkey solutions
for clustered postgres hosting?

You might see what Heroku offers: https://postgres.heroku.com/

I haven't used them as we run all our own servers but they have been
kind hosts for our users-group in SF.

Post by matthias
Our current provider answered my questions that they had heard of a
client "who did this once". They had no idea what slony means. So I am
not feeling so warm and fuzzy about them.

Good call.

Cheers,
Steve