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This straight from issue is in the howto_install document. It is good to know it is not important, but the document should be changed, too. --elein On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 05:31:36PM -0400, Jan Wieck wrote: > On 9/7/2004 5:09 PM, elein wrote: > > >The danger is when the slon processes are running > >and the replications are earlier than the replicator. > > > >If you are rebooting, temporary out of sync clocks > >should not be a problem if you perform a proper shutdown. > > Ooops, didn't see that. Sorry Elein. > > Slony doesn't use timestamps at all. So the system clocks are totally > irrelevant for the replication system to work. So the clocks can differ > by a week or be in sync to the millisecond, it doesn't make the > slightest difference to the data. > > The usefullness of the debug output, telling you how long specific steps > took, will be screwed and bogus. But that's all. > > > Jan > > > > >--elein > > > > > >On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 02:37:34PM -0600, Ed L. wrote: > >>On Tuesday September 7 2004 2:09, elein wrote: > >>> A very basic how to article is now available in > >>> the latest issue of GeneralBits: > >>> http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/ > >>> > >>> Comments and Corrections are always welcome. > >> > >>"The Real Time Clocks of the servers hosting the nodes must be in sync." > >> > >>How important is this? What happens if the clocks are temporarily out of > >>sync? Say, for example, on a reboot? > >> > >>Ed > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Slony1-general mailing list > >Slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org > >http://gborg.postgresql.org/mailman/listinfo/slony1-general > > > -- > #======================================================================# > # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # > # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # > #================================================== JanWieck at Yahoo.com #
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