On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:27:03AM +0100, Oli Sennhauser wrote: > > If somebody is telling me now, I have to do this several times a year > (how can I sell this to a customer???)... It is not a problem handling a > micky-mouse database. dump/load 100 GB I would gess it takes me more > than 12 h, 2 or 4 times a year makes an availability of less than 99%. > If I have 1 TB...???
You can use one of the replication systems, dump/restore to a second copy of the database (over many hours, yes), start replicating into that newly-restored database, and then take your outage just long enough to catch up any changes. Of course, you need twice the disk, which is a pain, but it's certainly not impossible. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])