semab tariq: How to Cut Over After a PostgreSQL Migration
The article discusses strategies for cutting over after a PostgreSQL migration. It outlines two main approaches: migrating one database at a time or migrating the entire cluster at once. Each method has its advantages and challenges, with the first approach generally being easier to manage and less prone to errors.
- ▪Cutting over one database at a time allows for focused management and quicker identification of issues.
- ▪This approach reduces the risk of overwhelming the system with replication slots and CPU load.
- ▪Migrating the entire cluster at once can lead to complex challenges and increased resource demands.
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May 21, 2026By Semab TariqBlog, Semab's Planet PostgreSQL How to Cut Over After a PostgreSQL Migration One Database at a Time, or All at Once?You have deployed your new cluster. Now comes the work of moving your data and cutting over to it. Reading that sentence, you might assume cutover is something you figure out at the end, after the migration is done. And in practice, that is the order in which things happen. But technically, it is your cutover strategy that decides how you migrate, not the other way around. The strategy you pick determines how you configure replication, how many slots you provision, how you handle schema changes, and what your rollback path looks like. So before you touch replication, decide how you want to cut over.
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