| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | 'Rafael Martinez Guerrero' <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Bloated pg_shdepend_depender_index |
| Date: | 2006-03-28 18:09:37 |
| Message-ID: | 20060328180937.GS75181@pervasive.com |
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 03:54:30PM +0100, Andy Shellam wrote:
> QUOTE:
> Exactly this issue and that you have to make a 'full' dump/restore
> between major release is a big minus I hear everywhere I
> explain/discuss about postgres for 24/7 and big databases.
> END QUOTE
>
> Yes but how often does a major release come out? 17th Jan 2005 was the
> first date of 8.0 according to the FTP site, with 8.1 out in November 2005.
> If it takes a whole day to do a dump/restore, that's only one day out of
> about 270 or more.
Uh, for many sites minutes of downtime would be a huge issue, let alone
hours.
Fortunately, you can use Slony to migrate between versions, greatly
reducing downtime.
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