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To: Jim C. Nasby <[email protected]>
Cc: Tino Wildenhain <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeff Davis <[email protected]>
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Cc: PgSQL General List <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Fast major-version upgrade (was: [GENERAL] postgresql 8.0 advantages)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:27:46 +0100
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:36:59PM -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > I used a straight copy of the filesystem with running database
> > (over the net in my case) and immediately after that,
> > stop the db and rsync for the last changes. This took only
> > 10 minutes (compared to 1.5h for the full filesystem copy)
> > and I could start up the db in new location.
> >
> > this could work for you too.
>
> I hadn't thought about using rsync; that's a great idea!
>
> Is there somewhere this could be documented? In an FAQ maybe?
It works only in the special case where the PostgreSQL version number
is the same and you're running on the same platform. How often are you
transferring databases like that. Even transferring from i386 to amd64
wouldn't work like this AFAIUI.
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Martijn van Oosterhout <[email protected]> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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