On 2018-07-23 09:17:41 -0500, Ron wrote:
> On 07/23/2018 09:11 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2018-07-23 02:23:45 -0500, Ron wrote:
> > > We've got an old (v8.4.17, thus no parallel backups) 2.9TB database that
> > > needs to be migrated to a new data center and then restored to v9.6.9.
> > Have you considered using pg_upgrade instead?
>
> Yes, but:
> 1. can't find 9.6 packages on the RHEL 5.10 server.
If necessary you could just build it yourself.
> 2. The window is only 8 hours, and the data also has to be moved to a new DC
> in that window.
You could just use physical drives ;)
Greetings,
Andres Freund