Re: Slony for upgrades

From: Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Slony for upgrades
Date: 2007-10-16 05:11:53
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0710152208320.4620@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com
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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!

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