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From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com>
To: David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Upgrading to 9.4 to get replication slots (was Re: Streaming replication and WAL archiving)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:04:43 -0700
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On Feb 11, 2015, at 7:45 AM, David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com> wrote:
> 
> Dump/restore is not an option for me.  It would mean many hours of
> downtime which is unacceptable.  I can barely get away with two hours
> of downtime and that would have to be in the wee hours of Sunday
> morning.  People tend to get very cranky when their email stops flowing!

I don't remember the beginning of the thread. Did you consider Slony? It's more configuration, but it would reduce downtime to almost 0.

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