Re: optimize file transfer in pg_upgrade - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Nathan Bossart
Subject Re: optimize file transfer in pg_upgrade
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Msg-id Z8kJveW4yBOI7Jtx@nathan
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In response to Re: optimize file transfer in pg_upgrade  (Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 03:40:52PM -0500, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> I've seen various failures, but they always get caught quite early.
> Certainly early enough to easily abort, fix perms/mounts/etc., then retry.
> I think your instinct is correct that this reversion is more trouble than
> its worth. I don't think the pg_upgrade docs mention taking a backup, but
> that's always step 0 in my playbook, and that's the rollback plan in the
> unlikely event of failure.

Thank you, Greg and Robert, for sharing your thoughts.  With that, here's
what I'm considering to be a reasonably complete patch set for this
feature.  This leaves about a month for rigorous testing and editing, so
I'm hopeful it'll be ready v18.

-- 
nathan

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