"Josh Harrison" <joshques(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> This is a newbie pgpool question.
> ...
> sorry if my question is silly
It doesn't sound silly, but this isn't the best place to ask it.
The slony project has its own mailing list(s) and you'll get
better-informed answers there. Not sure if pgpool has its own list.
regards, tom lane