The first ever Fujitsu Supported PostgreSQL (FSP) Coffee Morning was an interesting affair.

Gavin Sherry’s presentation summarized well the considerations one should take in deciding which High Availability(HA) approach best suits a particular set of business and technical requirements.

Gavin made the key observation at commencement that HA does not address scalability or performance issues, and balancing these important aspects with the need for reliability (as provided by HA) is required to achieve the best overall outcome.

Most of the questions from the audience suggested that people have broad familiarity with High Availability as a general topic. And from the post-presentation chit-chat, it appears many present are set to take the plunge and implement a solution in the not too distant future.

The winner of our door prize, a fantastic PostgreSQL t-shirt was Stuart Cooper from AAPT. Congratulations!

The coffee was, needless to say, excellent.

A PDF of Gavin's presentation is available.

Our next coffee morning is tentatively scheduled for Friday the 6th of October. Please pre-register online as before if you wish to attend. Click here for the registration page.