Re: Installation Steps to migrate to Postgres 8.3.1 - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Installation Steps to migrate to Postgres 8.3.1
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Msg-id dcc563d10805130737h5dae8dfax51fd1799af9098d7@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Installation Steps to migrate to Postgres 8.3.1  ("Knight, Doug" <dknight@wsi.com>)
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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Knight, Doug <dknight@wsi.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Along these lines, the usual upgrade path is a pg_dump/pg_restore set.
> However, what if your database is large (> 50GB), and you have to
> minimize your downtime (say less than an hour or two). Any suggestions
> on how to handle that kind of situation? It sure would be nice to have
> some kind of tool to update in-place a database, though I know that's
> not a likely path.

look up Slony

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