Re: pgpool 2.5b2 released

From: "Tatsuo Ishii" <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>


> Pgpool 2.5b2 supports "master slave mode" which can cope with
> master/slave replication softwares such as Slony-I. In this mode
> pgpool sends non SELECT queries to master only. SELECTs are load
> balanced by pgpool.

Sounds good!

Does it attempt any interaction with Slony when it detects a failure of the
master?  It would seem a pity to have pgpool watching the pair to detect
failure but having to have a separate watcher process to tell Slony to
failover.

Julian Scarfe