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Mention Slony as just an example.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.106 2007/10/16 14:56:51 momjian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.107 2007/10/16 19:44:18 momjian Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="backup">
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<title>Backup and Restore</title>
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It is also possible to use <productname>Slony</> to create a slave
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server with the updated version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The
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slave can be on the same computer or a different computer. Once it
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has synced up with the master server (running the older version of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</>), you can switch masters and make the slave
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the master and shut down the older database instance. Such a
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switch-over results in only several seconds of downtime for an upgrade.
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It is also possible to use replication like <productname>Slony</> to
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create a slave server with the updated version of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</>. The slave can be on the same computer or
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a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server
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(running the older version of <productname>PostgreSQL</>), you can
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switch masters and make the slave the master and shut down the older
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database instance. Such a switch-over results in only several seconds
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of downtime for an upgrade.
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