Re: In the belly of the beast (MySQLCon)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Geoffrey <lists(at)serioustechnology(dot)com>, Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: In the belly of the beast (MySQLCon)
Date: 2008-04-18 19:11:42
Message-ID: 20080418191142.GD572@alvh.no-ip.org
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:59:34 -0400
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > I find it pretty unlikely that Slony would be unable to help you
> > upgrade here. Obviously you can upgrade one database at a time.
> >
> > Also, mostly it's not the database size what's a concern, but rather
> > the size of the largest table.
>
> As I recall (I could be wrong) Slony syncs the whole set as a single
> transaction. So if he has his entire database as a set he may
> have a problem regardless of the largest or smallest table.

Yes, if he does that then you are right, but it's unlikely to be the
best idea.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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