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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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Topics

Database replication is the term we use to describe the technology used to maintain a copy of a set of data on a remote system.

There are usually two main reasons for you wanting to do this, and those reasons are often combined:

  • High Availability: Reducing the chances of data unavailability by having multiple systems, each holding a full copy of the data.
  • Data Movement: Allowing data to be used by additional applications or workload on additional hardware. Examples of this are Reference Data Management (RDM), where a single central server might provide information to many other applications, and Business Intelligence/Reporting Systems.

Of course, both of those topics are complex areas, and there are many architectures and possibilities ...

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ISBN: 9781788474924Supplemental Content