Re: Uber migrated from Postgres to MySQL

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: Igor Neyman <ineyman(at)perceptron(dot)com>, Rakesh Kumar <rakeshkumar464a3(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Uber migrated from Postgres to MySQL
Date: 2016-07-28 17:43:38
Message-ID: CAOR=d=2har_t2bdRLrLJFjCa9a=yABwfrG7A_+PkfPj+EpoEng@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> wrote:
>
> On 28.07.2016 19:43, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, so in contrast to "Oracle world" "Postgres world" DBA in their
>>> right
>>> to do major upgrade without complete and tested backup?
>>> Ok, I understand you. In Postgres world there always sky is blue and sun
>>> is
>>> shining.
>>
>> Of course we have backups. But we also have slony. So we CAN go back
>> and forth between latest and previous without a restore.
>>
>>
>
> And? Oracle and MySql doesnt have it but can downgrade right out the box.
> Quick and easy.

So you can swap between oracle 11 and 12 back and forth in a live
environment with no downtime? Please pull the other leg.

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