Re: [ADMIN] postgres 6.2 vacuum

No, I got this job 2 months ago, I don`t know who managed it before, and I
don`t know why didn`t he upgrade. Until this week I didn`t have the chance
to upgrade.
But it runs now on 7.3.4.

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Richard Huxton wrote:

> On Thursday 25 September 2003 07:36, Hornyak Laszlo wrote:
> > I think it is not that simple. How should I explain the company leaders
> > why I must stop the system. It may risk their bussiness success too. I can
> > tell them that the new db is more stable, but until the old one does the
> > job, it is still acceptable for them (it served the system for 5-6 years
> > or so).
>
> Here, I agree with you Hornyak - you've got 5+ years real-world experience
> with this version and it does what you want (mostly). I'm half tempted to
> downgrade myself ;-)

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Laszlo Hornyak

>
> By the way - are you saying the your system has been running *without
> interruption* for 5 years?
>
> Having said that, when (and it's when, not if) you upgrade, you'll be looking
> at some major changes in PG, so it's probably a good idea to test 7.3.4 and
> see what changes are necessary now, before you need to. Short-term, could you
> stop the system long enough to pg_dump it and restore? Again, test the
> process first.
>
> > Once it crashes, it is a good reason to do the move.
>
> And just *before* it crashes is the best time.
>
> --
> Richard Huxton
> Archonet Ltd
>