On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 3:02 PM, James Sewell <james(dot)sewell(at)lisasoft(dot)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