Re: PostgreSQL upgrade server A -> server B

On 27.04.2007 03:09, CAJ CAJ wrote:
> Forgive me if this has been discussed before (or if it sounds absurd)
>
> Upgrading large postgres databases (100GB+) takes awfully long time when
> doing dump/restore. I was wondering if this process can be optimized by
> directly dumping to a new version of Pg database directly on another server
> without having to dump to the filesystem and then restore it.
>
> pg_dump on new server might look something like,
> pg_dump <options> -h <old server> -h <new_server> dbname
>
> or can it be used as-is by piping it?
>
> pg_dump <options> -h <old server> dbname | pg_restore


Maybe consider using slony to get your data over as well..


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Regards,
Hannes Dorbath