On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Josh Bryan <jbryan@cashnetusa.com> wrote:
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> Also, are there any major gotcha's I should be concerned about in terms
> of file formats between versions. If we start importing data using the
> 0.8 branch, how hard will an upgrade to 0.9 be? The reason I ask is
> that I am dealing with about 300 GB of data. If the upgrade process
> will require running some conversion process over the old tables, I
> would like to start putting together some estimate of how much time that
> will require.
>
The most efficient way to upgrade file-formats is via replication or
dump/load, both of which work over HTTP. I'd recommend using current
trunk, and then freezing to the 0.9 branch when we release it, if you
want to avoid format conversions.
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Chris Anderson
http://jchris.mfdz.com
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