Thank you, I will look at skype's walmgr. Also could you explain what makes it "hands free administration" 9.0? Is the shipping of the wal file from the master to HA instance automated ? Any error checking /self recovery? thank you much for the suggestion. Helen -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Advice-on-HA-option-tp4775605p4779672.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general