Re: PostgreSQL advocacy

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:16:22AM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian schrieb am 22.03.2016 um 16:07:
> >>
> >> However, I do think database upgrades are easier with Oracle RAC
> >
> > I think you can do a rolling upgrade with a standby, but I'm not entirely sure.
>
> I find Slony good for upgrading versions with minimal downtime,
> including major version changes.  It's very nature allows you to
> migrate pieces and parts for testing etc, in ways that any kind of
> byte streaming just can't do.

Yes, and I assume logical replication will allow similar easy upgrades.

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