Upgrading Data via Replication
- It is also possible to use certain replication methods, such as
-
Slony, to create a standby server with the updated version of
-
PostgreSQL. This is possible because Slony supports
+ It is also possible to use logical replication methods to create a standby
+ server with the updated version of
PostgreSQL.
+ This is possible because logical replication supports
replication between different major versions of
PostgreSQL. The standby can be on the same computer or
a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server
of downtime for an upgrade.
+ This method of upgrading can be performed using the built-in logical
+ replication facilities as well as using external logical replication
+ systems such as
pglogical,
+