Re: version upgrade

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:47:02AM -0400, Jeff wrote:
>
> On Aug 31, 2004, at 6:30 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> >Huh? You can replicate onto the same server. Kicks your
> >performance in the teeth but it works fine. Heck, I did it on my
> >laptop as a demo.
>
> Doesn't work If you have say, a 100GB db and only 50GB free space.
> Not nearly enough to duplicate. But plenty of breathing room for
> normal operation.

There is a technical term for outfits that have uptime requirements
but can't (or won't) allocate resources for testing upgrades. It's a
short Saxon-derived word equivalent to "known biblically."

Cheers,
D
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