<i>&gt; I do feel that the replication&#x2F;failover story needs a lot of work, but there&#x27;s been some progress towards getting it in the box. Even digging into any kind of HA strategy is cumbersome to say the least (short of a 5-6 figure support contract)</i><p>Eeeh...a simple HA solution can be developed in about a week (I was able to do so on 9.3, and so far, it held it&#x27;s ground). Also, now with 9.5&#x27;s pg_rewind you can easily switch back and forth between nodes (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.postgresql.org&#x2F;docs&#x2F;9.5&#x2F;static&#x2F;app-pgrewind.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.postgresql.org&#x2F;docs&#x2F;9.5&#x2F;static&#x2F;app-pgrewind.html</a>), simplifying things a great deal. Can&#x27;t imagine that&#x27;s 5-6 figures.<p>I agree that you don&#x27;t get a Plug&amp;Play-Solution out of the box, but from anecdotal evidence they often don&#x27;t quite work as advertised anyway (remember 1995? And I&#x27;m sure your friendly DBA has some stories to share as well).