On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 3:02 PM, James Sewell <james.sew...@lisasoft.com>wrote:
> Node A could get ahead even if it has been shut down cleanly BEFORE the > promotion? > I'd always assumed if I shut down the master the slave would be at the > same point after shutdown - is this incorrect? > Yes and no. A node will wait at shutdown until all the *connected* slaves have flushed necessary WALs to disk. But if the slave is not connected at the moment of shutdown, it might not be the case. -- Michael
