</para>

<para>

If the value is <literal>random</literal>, the host to connect to

will be randomly picked from the list. It allows loadbalacing between

will be randomly picked from the list. It allows loadbalancing between

several cluster nodes. However, PostgreSQL doesn't currently support

multimaster clusters. So, without the use of third-party products,

only read-only connections can take advantage from

</para>

<para>

If more than one <literal>host</literal> option is present in the same

section of the service file, it isinterpeted as alternate servers for

section of the service file, it isinterpreted as alternate servers for

failover or load-balancing. See <xref linkend="libpq-connect-host">

option in the connection string.

</para>