Commit 8f6c9427 authored by Peter Eisentraut's avatar Peter Eisentraut

doc: Suggest logical replication more prominently for upgrading

The previous wording suggested only Slony, and there are more options
available.
parent bdc643e5
......@@ -1946,9 +1946,9 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
<title>Upgrading Data via Replication</title>
<para>
It is also possible to use certain replication methods, such as
<productname>Slony</productname>, to create a standby server with the updated version of
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. This is possible because Slony supports
It is also possible to use logical replication methods to create a standby
server with the updated version of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
This is possible because logical replication supports
replication between different major versions of
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. The standby can be on the same computer or
a different computer. Once it has synced up with the master server
......@@ -1958,6 +1958,13 @@ pg_dumpall -p 5432 | psql -d postgres -p 5433
of downtime for an upgrade.
</para>
<para>
This method of upgrading can be performed using the built-in logical
replication facilities as well as using external logical replication
systems such as <productname>pglogical</productname>,
<productname>Slony</productname>, <productname>Londiste</productname>, and
<productname>Bucardo</productname>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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