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Announcing open sourcing pgactive: active-active replication extension for PostgreSQL

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AWS has open-sourced pgactive, a PostgreSQL extension that enables active-active replication between database instances across different regions.

  • Enables asynchronous active-active replication for streaming data between database instances
  • Provides additional resiliency and flexibility in moving data between database instances
  • Builds on PostgreSQL's logical replication features, including bidirectional replication in PostgreSQL 16
  • Simplifies managing active-active replication scenarios
  • Open-sourced to encourage collaboration on PostgreSQL's active-active capabilities

The extension aims to improve database availability and make it easier to manage multiple active database instances across different regions.

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