Re: 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade
Date
Msg-id 1143597318.3625.123.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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In response to 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade  (sh test <shmailtest@yahoo.com>)
Responses Re: 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade
Re: 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade
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On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 19:47, sh test wrote:
> Hello admins!
>
> i need to collect as much information
>
> pro/cons on a possible upgrade from
>
> 7.4 ---> 8.0/8.1 version
>
> Aside from getting our users vote on this, I wanted to ask you first
> in order to collect any possible issues one might run into from
> upgrading to such
> versions.

Downside:  You gotta dump and reload, or use slony to minimize the
downtime, but you need a spare machine to do that.

Upside:  Everything else.  PostgreSQL 8.x series has a lot of
performance improvements.

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