Detlef Ulherr

Availability of PostgreSQL in the Datacenter

In addition to Sun's PostgreSQL strategy, this presentation will detail the integration of PostgreSQL into Solaris OS and Open HA Cluster / Solaris Cluster. Thiepresentation will cover the various methods and architectures used to increase the availability of PostgreSQL in the datacenter as well as how to integrate built-in PostgreSQL features such as WAL file shipping, pg_standby and the Slony-I project. If time permits there will be a short live demonstration.

Bio

Before his career at Sun Microsystems Detlef worked for 19 Years for the Hoechst group in various positions including software development and system and database administration in large and small datacenters.

In 2000 he joined Sun Microsystems as a Professional Service Consultant. The main topics in this role were performance tuning, Solaris and High Availability in various cluster products. In the last few years Detlef has been working for Sun Cluster engineering. He is the developer of the Sun Cluster HA PostgreSQL agent amongst other agents.