From 8572e6bc77783c72b55c401932b139bf04027c5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sameer Naik Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:52:47 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] readme: fixed typo --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f36c594..97cc5f8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ docker run --name postgresql-snapshot -itd --restart always \ sameersbn/postgresql:9.4-8 ``` -The difference between a slave and a snapshot is that a slave is read-only and updated whenever the master data is updated (streaming replication), while a snapshot is read-write and is not updated after the initial snapshot of the data on the master. +The difference between a slave and a snapshot is that a slave is read-only and updated whenever the master data is updated (streaming replication), while a snapshot is read-write and is not updated after the initial snapshot of the data from the master. This is useful for developers to quickly snapshot the current state of a live database and use it for development/debugging purposes without altering the database on the live instance.