There are queries that works with 5.1/5.0 that do not work with 5.5, I would test extensively..
S On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Mihail Manolov < mihail.mano...@liquidation.com> wrote: > You could jump from 5.0 directly to 5.5 and skip 5.1. I have without any > issues. There are some configuration file change, which you may want to > consider checking. I definitely recommend upgrading your development > servers for an extensive testing. Some queries _may_ run slower or not work > at all and you may have to rearrange how you join tables in your queries. > > The upgrade from 5.5 to 5.6 should me smoother, though. > > > On Feb 14, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Mike Franon wrote: > > > Great thanks for the info, I guess the best way to do this is take a > > spare server, set it up with our standard setup, and then start the > > upgrade as you said 5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.5, test and then upgrade to 5.6 > > and test. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Akshay Suryavanshi > > <akshay.suryavansh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mike, > >> > >> 5.6 is GA now, so its stable release. Also you should not jump to 5.6 > >> directly, atleast from 5.0. > >> > >> There are many bug fixes and changes in 5.1, so you should consider this > >> way. > >> > >> 5.0-->5.1-->5.5 (all slaves first, and then the master) > >> > >> And further 5.5 --> 5.6 (again all slaves first and then the master) > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:38 AM, Mike Franon <kongfra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I have 1 master with many slaves, using the master only for inserts > >>> and the rest are readers. > >>> > >>> > >>> Is 5.6 stable? Or better off to go to 5.5? > >>> > >>> If so do I need to make a few steps or can go straight from 5.0 to 5.6? > >>> > >>> > >>> Any best practices and recommendations? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> -- > >>> MySQL General Mailing List > >>> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >>> To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >
