Re: [HACKERS] now 6.4

On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Vadim Mikheev wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > So we will just need to re-create indexes.  Sounds OK to me, but
> > > frankly, I am not sure what the objection to dump/reload is.
> >
> > It takes too long time to reload big tables...
>
>     I have to agree here...the one application that *I* really use
> this for is an accounting server...any downtime is unacceptable, because
> the whole system revolves around the database backend.
>
>     Take a look at Michael Richards application (a search engine)
> where it has several *million* rows, and that isn't just one table.
> Michael, how long would it take to dump and reload that?
>
>     How many ppl *don't* upgrade because of how expensive it would be
> for them to do, considering that their applications "work now"?

I cringe when it comes time to upgrade and now with the main site getting
~1000 hits/day I can't have the downtime (this web site is really
seasonal).  Not only is there dump/reload to do, I also have to make sure
to recompile the cgi stuff when libpq changes.

Vince.
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