Re: Regarding the details of postgresql10 download

On 11/15/23 09:57, Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> Ramesh Penuballi schrieb am 14.11.2023 um 16:39:
>> We are using postgresql9.6 on our Atlassian Servers and planning to
>> perform the upgrades of our applications.
>>
>> To migrate the applications to latest versions of our applications,as
>> per Atlassian applications supported versions,we have planned several
>> levels of our postgresql upgrades to support the different versions
>> of our Atlassian applications.
>>
>> We are planning to upgrade postgres versions from 9.6 to 10 in the
>> 1st level, then from 10 to 12 in the 2nd level and then to 14.
> Why upgrade in steps?
>
> You can go directly from 9.6 to 14 (or 15 or 16) either using pg_upgrade
> or through dump/restore
>
> I don't see a need to install Postgres 10 (or 12) if you want to go to 14

Application software migrations can require multiple jumps like that.

Usually in those situations, though, it's /really really old/
application/DB/OS combos.

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