Posted on 2005-09-14
Posted by robertb@sraapowergres.com
It's been a little over three years since Jan Wieck, CORE
member of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, began work
on SLONY, a new form of replication for PostgreSQL. Afilias
depends on PostgreSQL in its mission critical environment and
recognized immediately the intrinsic value in Jan's work. They
have supported his development from the beginning.
By open sourcing Jan's work, Afilias has encouraged and nutured
this past year a fledgling community of PostgreSQL DBAs using
SLONY. Success however, brings its own nest of problems; it is
a constant refrain from the SLONY mail list that people are
continously asking for advice and support that the Afilias team
is incapable of satisfying. Afilias is in the Domain Naming
Service. This is where SRA America comes in; the SRA America
team has chosen to use SLONY as the replication solution for
their clients and, with this in mind, SRA and Afilias have
undertaken to work together to create a comprehensive service
and support infra-structure for SLONY. SRA America will develop
and manage a SLONY support system by email, and 24 hr telephone
support. SRA is also developing a SLONY training curriculum
geared for both those new and experienced with
PostgreSQL.
Stay tuned for more announcements on SLONY. We you encourage
you to contact us for more information about SLONY support and
training.