In this example, a master server is setup with two direct slaves. This example was written and tested using Slony-I v1.2.11 and PostgreSQL 8.2.5, running on a single Windows XP machine. The PostgresSQL pgbench utility is used to generate the test schema and workload.
> pgbench -i -U postgres master
    > pg_dump -s -U postgres master > schema.sql
    > psql -U postgres slave1 < schema.sql
    > psql -U postgres slave2 < schema.sql
    
    cluster_name='pgbench'
    conn_info='host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 user=postgres dbname=master'
    
    > slon -regservice Slony-I
    
    > slon -addengine Slony-I C:\slony\master.conf
    > slon -addengine Slony-I C:\slony\slave1.conf
    > slon -addengine Slony-I C:\slony\slave2.conf
    
Join existing cluster: Unchecked
Cluster name:          pgbench
Local node:            1        Master node
Admin node:            99       Admin node
    
Join existing cluster: Checked
Server:                <Select the server containing the master database>
Database:              master
Cluster name:          pgbench
Local node:            10       Slave node 1
Admin node:            99 - Admin node
Join existing cluster: Checked
Server:                <Select the server containing the master database>
Database:              master
Cluster name:          pgbench
Local node:            20       Slave node 2
Admin node:            99 - Admin node
    
ID:                  1
Comment:             pgbench set
    
Table:               public.accounts
ID:                  1
Index:               accounts_pkey
Table:               public.branches
ID:                  2
Index:               branches_pkey
Table:               public.history
ID:                  3
Index:               history_pkey
Table:               public.tellers
ID:                  4
Index:               tellers_pkey
    
Origin:              1
Provider:            1 - Master node
Receiver:            10 - Slave node 1
Origin:              1
Provider:            1 - Master node
Receiver:            20 - Slave node 2
    
    > net start Slony-I
    Initial replication should begin and can be monitored on the statistics tab in pgAdmin for each node. The pgbench utility may be run against the master database to generate a test workload.