Replication best practices

Some general best practices for running replication systems are described in this recipe.

Getting ready

Reading the list of best practices should be the very first thing you do when designing your database architecture. So the best way to get ready for it is to avoid doing anything and start with the next section How to do it.

How to do it...

• Use the latest release of PostgreSQL. Replication features are changing fast, with each new release improving on the previous in major ways based on our real-world experience. The idea that earlier releases...