[Pgpool-general] pgpool ii questions

[Sergey V. Arlashin]

Hi!
I'm new to pgpool as well as to postgresql.
I'm going to try master-master replication with pgpool II 3, so I have 
several questions:

1. If I use 3 or more PostreSQL master nodes will the third node during 
online recovery be able to serve clients while first and second are 
syncing?

2. If I use rsync (online recovery with rsync) to syncronize nodes 
during online recovery should I switch off PostgreSQL daemon on the 
source and destination nodes? And if no, what does the 
pgpool_remote_start actually do?

P.S. sorry for my english :)
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WBR, Sergey