Alan Hodgson wrote:

>On March 20, 2006 08:46 am, Miguel <mmiranda at 123.com.sv> wrote:
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>>Hi, im wondering if the subscriber nodes has to start without any data?,
>>i have a 25Gb database and i want to replicate it with another server,
>>same hardware specs, can i do i pg_dump/restore and slony will do only
>>incremental updates from there?
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>Slony will delete the existing data and start over.  You are better off 
>starting with an empty database.  You do need to copy the schema before 
>starting, though.
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does slony need exclusive lock for this initial transfer?
also, if i dont start the slon process, the master node  operate  in 
normal "mode" , i mean, slony-i agnostic?

thanks