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@martijnbraam@fosstodon.org Do you know about the pg_upgrade --link option?

@SuperDicq no I don't, I never manage pgsql :P

@martijnbraam@fosstodon.org Alright if your pg_upgrade job is taking too long, cancel it and run it with --link. Trust me.

@SuperDicq this is a pg_upgradecluster job, does that work the same way?

@martijnbraam@fosstodon.org Yes, you can use --link.

All you gotta know is that --link doesn't copy your cluster, but it just turns the old into a new one. Which means you gotta take care of backups yourself.

But you already have a proper backup strategy, right?

@martijnbraam@fosstodon.org Cool, glad to have saved you multiple hours of your time with a single command argument.