That's true, but you can use your replica only for non-realtime reporting, or even just as a hot standby. Edit: Careful for the non-realtime reporting though i

That's true, but you can use your replica only for non-realtime reporting, or even just as a hot standby. Edit: Careful for the non-realtime reporting though if you want to run very slow queries - those will pause replication and can be a PITA.