Robert Treat wrote: > On Tuesday 16 October 2007 01:38, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Jeff Frost wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Seems we didn't have any mention of Slony for upgrades in the migration > > > > section, so I added it: > > > > > > > > <para> > > > > It is also possible to use <productname>Slony</> to create a slave > > > > server with the updated version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The > > > > slave can be on the same computer or a different computer. Once it > > > > has synced up with the master server (running the older version of > > > > <productname>PostgreSQL</>), you can switch masters and make the > > > > slave the master and shut down the older database instance. Such a > > > > switch-over results in only several minutes of downtime for an upgrade. > > > > </para> > > > > > > Bruce, do you think we should say several minutes of downtime? It's been > > > my experience that the downtime is usually measurable in seconds. I > > > don't think I've ever had a switchover take more than 1 minute. > > > > > > Excellent catch and good work by the way! > > > > Thanks, changed to seconds. I thought someone told me <5 minutes a > > while ago but I might have been mistaken. > > I might question the strict reference to Slony here. AIUI you could do the > same thing with Bucardo and a couple of other replication solutions as well.
OK, I now say "like Slony": It is also possible to use replication like <productname>Slony</> to create a slave server with the updated version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The slave can be on the same computer or a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server (running the older version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>), you can switch masters and make the slave the master and shut down the older database instance. Such a switch-over results in only several seconds of downtime for an upgrade. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
