Re: 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: sh test <shmailtest(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.4 --> 8.0/8.1 upgrade
Date: 2006-03-29 01:55:18
Message-ID: 1143597318.3625.123.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 19:47, sh test wrote:
> Hello admins!
>
> i need to collect as much information
>
> pro/cons on a possible upgrade from
>
> 7.4 ---> 8.0/8.1 version
>
> Aside from getting our users vote on this, I wanted to ask you first
> in order to collect any possible issues one might run into from
> upgrading to such
> versions.

Downside: You gotta dump and reload, or use slony to minimize the
downtime, but you need a spare machine to do that.

Upside: Everything else. PostgreSQL 8.x series has a lot of
performance improvements.

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