Postgres major version upgrades with minimal downtime
Xata introduces a feature in their clusters beta release allowing seamless branch movement for Postgres upgrades, ensuring minimal downtime. The blue-green approach simplifies migration, aiming for near zero-downtime with enhanced features planned.
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Xata has introduced a feature in their dedicated clusters beta release that allows customers to move branches between clusters, enabling Postgres major version upgrades with minimal downtime. This feature facilitates the migration of databases between different Postgres clusters while they are still being accessed, ensuring near zero-downtime upgrades. By implementing a blue-green approach, Xata simplifies the process for users, handling the complexity behind the scenes. The migration process involves setting up replication between clusters, waiting for synchronization, switching traffic to the new cluster, and performing cleanup tasks. This method aims to minimize downtime, with writes only being blocked for a brief period. Xata plans to enhance this feature further by providing more detailed progress information, achieving real zero-downtime, allowing schema changes during migration, and offering more control to users. Customers are encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions for future improvements.
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1 commentsI love postgres but every major upgrade needs weird interventions...
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