Re: Slides for last night's talk

On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 08:50:07AM +1000, Gavin Sherry wrote:
> You can fine my slides here:
>
> http://pugs.postgresql.org/sydpug/archives/000056.html
>

Hi Gavin,

Like Tim, I've got some issues with your slides.

These are, hwever, additional considerations people should keep in mind
when dealing with Debian (and deriviatives):

- use the backpots.org URL mentioned

- don't be afraid to install new version of postgresql

Debian installs binaries, configuration and data directories in
completely seperate locations for each version of postgresql

- that'll mean you have multiple instances of postgresql active

this will let you perform a dump/restore on the same system; obvious
data size need to be considered.

- Debian provides tools to assist you in managing a postgresql cluster

http://www.progsoc.org/~wildfire/note/postgresql-cluster.html has a
(brief) overview

Cheers,
Anand

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