On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Kyle R. Burton <kyle.burton@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to get PostgreSQL to bind to a new ip address and
> interface without actually shutting it down? If it could, would I
> need to break all the current (read only) client connections to get
> them to reconnect and have the ability to write? (am I confused about
> this?)
What if you make the virtual IP instead be a shared IP using the CARP
protocol, and have only one host be the master at any given time.