I would expect so (but have no proof!)... because any clients still 
connected to node 1 will no longer be able to insert/update/delete 
records on the old master which will become locked (I think).

Take a look at pgpool which allows you to place a connection layer 
between your application and the database. I haven't used it but 
apparantly you can manage the connection switchover without having to 
stop and start the clients...

Hope that helps.

John Sidney-Woollett

Fiel Cabral wrote:

> When doing a switchover from node 1 to node 2 so that node 2 becomes
> the new origin, is it necessasry for all database clients to be
> disconnected from node 1 while slonik is running?
> 
> -Fiel Cabral
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