postgresql solution for a server failure

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Published on 2012-10-17T15:23:52Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 11:03 UTC
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i describe the situation: i have two pc with postgressql server: - a main pc, with ip 192.168.5.1 turned on - a "backup" pc, with ip 192.168.5.1 turned off

i want that the main pc saves the two identical databases in local hard drive and on a nas real-time. when the main pc has a failure, i turn on, manually, the secondary pc, that reads the database from the nas

it's possible to do that?

postgres: postgresql-9.1 operating system: Ubuntu 10.04

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