> So what happens in those cases where the primary node gets in trouble > but isn't actually dead yet?
Hmmm. Is this really a problem? Couldn't the secondary DRBD node simply stop accepting replicated data from the primary node before firing up postmaster? Then the postmaster on the primary DRBD node would only write locally and not interfere with the secondary DRBD node. Unless I am missing something this would be a valid problem with shared storage but not with DRBD-like replicated storage. (As long as the secondary node can stop replicating if it decides to do so.) -Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
