Szymon, We had Slony running previously, but it lagged behind so badly that never managed to catch up.
Hardware AMD 1.8GHz 32 Bits 8GB RAM DDR1 300GB Disk single volume Database: Postgres 8.2.24 160GB in size There are thousands of tables, apparently for each new device a new table is created. The DB grows around 1GB every 2 days. Do you still think slony would work? Thank you very much Renato Renato Oliveira Systems Administrator e-mail: renato.olive...@grant.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1763 260811 Fax: +44 (0)1763 262410 www.grant.co.uk<http://www.grant.co.uk/> Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Ltd Company registered in England, registration number 658133 Registered office address: 29 Station Road, Shepreth, CAMBS SG8 6GB UK From: Szymon Guz [mailto:mabew...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 March 2010 12:29 To: Renato Oliveira Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Migrate postgres to newer hardware 2010/3/30 Renato Oliveira <renato.olive...@grant.co.uk<mailto:renato.olive...@grant.co.uk>> Dear All, What would be the easiest and fastest way to migrate Postgres 8.2.24 32 BIT to a new server 64 Bit. The existing server runs on 32 bit architecture and has a database as big as 160GB. We initially thought of using PITR, but as one of the PITR requirements is both machines need to be similar. This similarity needs to be even in architecture? I think I read something which says “Yes”. If we cannot use PITR what would be the best approach, we can’t have down time I am afraid. Any ideas or suggestions would be very welcome. I'd use Slony as a replication tool so the data would be copied to the new serwer while the old still works. After initial copy Slony will copy changes made during making the copy. Later (when the replication lag is small) it should be enough to stop application, reconfigure it for the new database, get rid of replication so the new slave database will restore all triggers and then start the application for using the new database. Slony uses pure SQL for copying the data so there is no problem with the differences in the hardware. regards Szymon Guz P Please consider the environment before printing this email CONFIDENTIALITY: The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. It is intended only for the named recipients(s). If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person or take copies. VIRUSES: The contents of this e-mail or attachment(s) may contain viruses which could damage your own computer system. Whilst Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Ltd has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should therefore carry out your own virus checks before opening the attachment(s). OpenXML: For information about the OpenXML file format in use within Grant Instruments please visit our website<http://www.grant.co.uk/Support/openxml.html>
