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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Fri Feb 23 14:06:15 EST 2007</P>
<P>Last updated: Tue Mar 20 13:43:40 EDT 2007</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>)
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<H3 id="item3.6">3.6) What is the upgrade process for PostgreSQL?</H3>
<P>PostgreSQL major releases include new features and occur roughly
once every year. A major release is numbered by increasing either
the first or second part of the version number, e.g. 8.1 to 8.2.
<P>Major releases usually change the internal format of system tables
and data files. These changes are often complex, so we don't maintain
backward compatibility for data files. A dump/reload of the database
is required for major upgrades.</P>
<P>Minor releases are numbered by increasing the third part of the
version number, e.g. 8.1.5 to 8.1.6. The PostgreSQL team only adds
bug fixes to minor releases. All users should upgrade to the most
recent minor release as soon as possible. While upgrades always have
some risk, PostgreSQL minor releases fix only frequently-encountered,
security, and data corruption bugs to reduce the risk of upgrading.
The community considers <i>not</i> upgrading riskier than
upgrading.</P>
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<P>Upgrading to a minor release does not does not require a dump and
restore; merely stop the database server, install the updated binaries,
and restart the server.</P>
<H3 id="item3.7">3.7) What computer hardware should I use?</H3>
<P>Because PC hardware is mostly compatible, people tend to believe that
all PC hardware is of equal quality. It is not. ECC RAM, SCSI, and
quality motherboards are more reliable and have better performance than
less expensive hardware. PostgreSQL will run on almost any hardware,
but if reliability and performance are important it is wise to
research your hardware options thoroughly. Our email lists can be used
to discuss hardware options and tradeoffs.</P>
<P>See <a
href="http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning">http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning</a>.
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