Thanx, i think i'll just stick with 9.0 and try to take full advantage of it and when we are comfortable with all those features then move to 9.1 > From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Achilleas Mantzios <mantzios.achill@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 9.0 or 9.1 ? > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Achilleas Mantzios > <mantzios.achill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > we have been running our infrastructure on 8.3 for quite some years now, > > and i am thinking it is now time to upgrade all major parts of our system > > (java, jboss, postgresql). > > I would tend to be a little "radical" and go a little optimistic and greedy > > about it. > > I have been using 9.0 as a test system with no major flaws for quite some > > time as well. > > Till the end of July i must have finished all the migration to the new > > versions. > > The migration will involve testing of about 5,458 sql statements and the > > migration of some heavily customized in house functions, including > > a version of DBmirror (which is in use for a very specific set of problems) > > So i am asking what would be better by your perspective to do? > > Go for 9.1? or stick to 9.0? > > Where is a stable (release) version of 9.1 be available? > > Has any one faced any issues migrating from 9.0 to 9.1 > > Are you looking for any features that 9.1 has to offer?� If you > aren't, it may make your decision easier.� Unfortunately there are > several 9.1 features that are just awesome.� So, where you go from > here is going to depend on your risk tolerance and (more importantly) > your availability of testing resources.� Testing of production-ish > workloads during the beta period are very much appreciated by the > community, so feel free to give it a shot as long as you understand > the risk involved (which are substantial). > > One big risk with 9.1 early adoption is that you run the risk of > having to dump/reload if you go production while in the before the > build hits release candidate status (and sometimes, even then).� So, > if you are running a 24x7 duty cycle that's something to think about. > > merlin -- Achilleas Mantzios -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
