In response to Vivek Khera <vivek at khera.org>:

> 
> On Apr 21, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> > I don't understand the question.  What do you mean by "network
> > partition" and how does this represent a failure scenario?
> 
> Normally all hosts can see every other one. When your network is  
> partitioned, you end up with at least two subsets which can still see  
> every other host within that subset, bot none of the hosts in the  
> other subset(s).

So the answer is "yes, if your network is so thoughtlessly designed
that hosts can't reach each other, Slony won't work"

However, I suspect I'm still not understanding.  It's sounds like a
pre-meditated failure.

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Bill Moran
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