Re: [GENERAL] Running on Docker, AWS with Data Stored on EBS

2016-11-08 Thread Ryan Mahoney
Thanks for your prompt response. I'm so glad the use-case will work -- and sounds somewhat normative. It also looks like the PostgreSQL memory footprint is quite small... so even using the smallest type of EC2 instance is viable (assuming the utilization and data size remain small). With

Re: [GENERAL] Running on Docker, AWS with Data Stored on EBS

2016-11-08 Thread David G. Johnston
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Ryan Mahoney wrote: > I'm so glad the use-case will work -- and sounds somewhat normative. > ​The program and the data are distinct things - which is why you can upgrade from say 9.5.1 to 9.5.3 by simply updating the program. Heck, a

Re: [GENERAL] Running on Docker, AWS with Data Stored on EBS

2016-11-08 Thread David G. Johnston
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Ryan Mahoney wrote: > Hi All, > > TL;TR: Can a new PostgreSQL process, running on a different server > instance effectively resume operations by reading the same data directory > location as another PostgreSQL process that is no longer

[GENERAL] Running on Docker, AWS with Data Stored on EBS

2016-11-08 Thread Ryan Mahoney
Hi All, TL;TR: Can a new PostgreSQL process, running on a different server instance effectively resume operations by reading the same data directory location as another PostgreSQL process that is no longer running? - - - I have an application that is deployed to AWS as a docker container.