From: Lewis Kapell <lkapell@setonhome.org>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Migrating from 8.3 to 8.4 on the same server
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:36:11 -0400
Message-ID: <4BC6273B.3000803@setonhome.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1271276908.2780.39.camel@deimos>
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<1271276908.2780.39.camel@deimos>
The database is about 12gb, the dump file is about 8gb.
I tested dump/restore into 8.4 on our test server, and it took an hour.
This is a virtualized server, but my sysadmin thinks the performance
on our live server (not virtual) would be comparable.
It wouldn't kill us to have two or three hours of down time, but I would
like to avoid it.
Thank you,
Lewis Kapell
Computer Operations
Seton Home Study School
On 4/14/2010 4:28 PM, Iñigo Martinez Lasala wrote:
> How big is your database?
>
> If not very big, a pg_dump/pg_restore will be your best option. 8.3 to
> 8.4 is not a traumatic upgrade. In fact, it's really easy and probably
> you won't need to change your database schema.
> And pg_restore in 8.4 is really FAST (compared with previous versions).
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