In Database systems that use logical replication, replication slots are especially important for database replication. The logical replication mechanism in PostgreSQL’s database system supports replication
Category: PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL and many other relational database management systems (RDBMS) use Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) as a crucial component to guarantee data integrity, durability, and crash recovery.
Replication slots in PostgreSQL are a mechanism for streaming physical and logical replication to keep the standby servers current with changes from the primary server.