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authorItagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@gmail.com>2010-06-07 02:01:09 +0000
committerItagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@gmail.com>2010-06-07 02:01:09 +0000
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Replace "slave" to "standby" in documentation for consistent terminology.
Almost all of the terms in docs and messages were replaced, but still remains in a few comments and README files in codes.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml8
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml26
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml6
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml6
7 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index 624adb9d6d1..2f271efc4c9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.155 2010/05/03 09:14:16 heikki Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.156 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
<chapter id="backup">
<title>Backup and Restore</title>
@@ -1425,11 +1425,11 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 6543
<para>
It is also possible to use replication methods, such as
- <productname>Slony</>, to create a slave server with the updated version of
- <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The slave can be on the same computer or
+ <productname>Slony</>, to create a standby server with the updated version of
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The standby can be on the same computer or
a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server
(running the older version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>), you can
- switch masters and make the slave the master and shut down the older
+ switch masters and make the standby the master and shut down the older
database instance. Such a switch-over results in only several seconds
of downtime for an upgrade.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml
index d90ea59982b..81f23a28f3f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml,v 1.11 2010/04/03 07:22:53 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/dblink.sgml,v 1.12 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="dblink">
<title>dblink</title>
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ SELECT *
<title>Example</title>
<programlisting>
- select dblink_connect('dbname=dblink_test_slave');
+ select dblink_connect('dbname=dblink_test_standby');
dblink_connect
----------------
OK
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
index bcc2e018cd0..7e647cc9859 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml,v 1.19 2007/11/14 01:58:18 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/external-projects.sgml,v 1.20 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
<appendix id="external-projects">
<title>External Projects</title>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
<productname>PostgreSQL</> replication solutions are developed
externally. For example, <application> <ulink
url="http://www.slony.info">Slony-I</ulink></> is a popular
- master/slave replication solution that is developed independently
+ master/standby replication solution that is developed independently
from the core project.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
index 6f2125f2a52..8aa4ecde5f0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml,v 1.70 2010/05/29 09:01:10 heikki Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml,v 1.71 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
<chapter id="high-availability">
<title>High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication</title>
@@ -161,21 +161,21 @@ protocol to make nodes agree on a serializable transactional order.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Trigger-Based Master-Slave Replication</term>
+ <term>Trigger-Based Master-Standby Replication</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- A master-slave replication setup sends all data modification
+ A master-standby replication setup sends all data modification
queries to the master server. The master server asynchronously
- sends data changes to the slave server. The slave can answer
+ sends data changes to the standby server. The standby can answer
read-only queries while the master server is running. The
- slave server is ideal for data warehouse queries.
+ standby server is ideal for data warehouse queries.
</para>
<para>
<productname>Slony-I</> is an example of this type of replication, with per-table
- granularity, and support for multiple slaves. Because it
- updates the slave server asynchronously (in batches), there is
+ granularity, and support for multiple standby servers. Because it
+ updates the standby server asynchronously (in batches), there is
possible data loss during fail over.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ protocol to make nodes agree on a serializable transactional order.
this is unacceptable, either the middleware or the application
must query such values from a single server and then use those
values in write queries. Another option is to use this replication
- option with a traditional master-slave setup, i.e. data modification
+ option with a traditional master-standby setup, i.e. data modification
queries are sent only to the master and are propagated to the
- slaves via master-slave replication, not by the replication
+ standby servers via master-standby replication, not by the replication
middleware. Care must also be taken that all
transactions either commit or abort on all servers, perhaps
using two-phase commit (<xref linkend="sql-prepare-transaction">
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ protocol to make nodes agree on a serializable transactional order.
replication is best for mostly read workloads, though its big
advantage is that any server can accept write requests &mdash;
there is no need to partition workloads between master and
- slave servers, and because the data changes are sent from one
+ standby servers, and because the data changes are sent from one
server to another, there is no problem with non-deterministic
functions like <function>random()</>.
</para>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ protocol to make nodes agree on a serializable transactional order.
<entry>Shared Disk Failover</entry>
<entry>File System Replication</entry>
<entry>Hot/Warm Standby Using PITR</entry>
- <entry>Trigger-Based Master-Slave Replication</entry>
+ <entry>Trigger-Based Master-Standby Replication</entry>
<entry>Statement-Based Replication Middleware</entry>
<entry>Asynchronous Multimaster Replication</entry>
<entry>Synchronous Multimaster Replication</entry>
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ protocol to make nodes agree on a serializable transactional order.
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Slaves accept read-only queries</entry>
+ <entry>Standby accept read-only queries</entry>
<entry align="center"></entry>
<entry align="center"></entry>
<entry align="center">Hot only</entry>
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ protocol to make nodes agree on a serializable transactional order.
partitioned by offices, e.g., London and Paris, with a server
in each office. If queries combining London and Paris data
are necessary, an application can query both servers, or
- master/slave replication can be used to keep a read-only copy
+ master/standby replication can be used to keep a read-only copy
of the other office's data on each server.
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index b88833c8ee2..dc165f72539 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.88 2010/06/03 22:17:32 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.89 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
<para>
The unique system identifier identifying the cluster. This
can be used to check that the base backup used to initialize the
- slave came from the same cluster.
+ standby came from the same cluster.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Current TimelineID. Also useful to check that the slave is
+ Current TimelineID. Also useful to check that the standby is
consistent with the master.
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
index bec6a000843..8777a2c9040 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.27 2010/06/03 21:23:02 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.28 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="release-9-0">
<title>Release 9.0</title>
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ recovery_connections -> hot_standby
<para>
Previously <acronym>WAL</> files could be sent to standby systems only
as 16 megabytes files; this allows master changes to be sent to the
- slave with very little delay. There are new <filename>postgresql.conf</>
+ standby with very little delay. There are new <filename>postgresql.conf</>
and <filename>recovery.conf</> settings to enable this
feature, as well as extensive <link
linkend="streaming-replication">documentation</link>.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml
index 3eb9f6bac69..9cc7e8d59f1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml,v 2.1 2010/04/29 20:54:28 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-alpha.sgml,v 2.2 2010/06/07 02:01:09 itagaki Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="release-9-0-alpha">
<title>Release 9.0alpha4</title>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
<emphasis>This implementation should be significantly more
efficient than the old one, and is also more compatible with
Hot Standby usage. There is not yet any facility for HS
- slaves to receive notifications generated on the master,
+ standby servers to receive notifications generated on the master,
although such a thing is possible in future.</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow read-only connections during recovery, also
- known as Hot Standby. This provides a built-in master-slave
+ known as Hot Standby. This provides a built-in master-standby
replication solution.
</para>
</listitem>