<title>&productname; 9.6.5.3</title>

Improved <application>multimaster</application> extension. In particular, the

following changes were introduced:

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>

<para>

In two-node clusters, you can now set up a major node that

continues working even if there is no quorum.

For details, see <xref linkend="configuring-the-major-node">.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Using a separate <application>referee</application> extension,

you can set up a standalone referee node for your cluster to

assign the quorum status to a subset of nodes that constitutes

half of the cluster.

For details, see <xref linkend="setting-up-a-referee">.

</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>