[pgpool-general: 2120] Re: Suggestion about two datacenters connected through WAN

[Tatsuo Ishii]

>>> Hi Tatsuo.
>>> 
>>>> One thing you might want to use for this is, "trusted_servers". 
>>>> Usually
>>> you register router IPs you trust (pgpool should be able to reach the
>>> router) for this. In the split brain case, if pgpool in TC1 or TC2 
>>> finds that it cannot reach the IP anymore, it sucides to avoid going 
>>> the split brain.
>>> 
>>> I will definetely try trusted_servers option.
> 
> Is it the requirement to have a watchdog enabled for trusted_servers option
> to work?

Yes. You need activate watchdog to enable trusted_servers.
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Tatsuo Ishii
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