PostgreSQL supports a variety of replication solutions.
These solutions are add-ons, they were not part of the core. Since version 9.0 of PostgreSQL offers a built-in replication solution.
The following paper compares the replication of both open source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL:
Comparing MySQL and Postgres 9.0 Replication
Einsortiert unter:Java Persistence Tagged: Database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Replication
