Minutes March 2nd

[ktm at rice.edu]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:14:46AM +1100, Bron Gondwana wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015, at 12:05 AM, ktm at rice.edu wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 11:36:36PM +1100, Bron Gondwana wrote:
> > > TODO: we need to nail down what's in 3.0 (you'll see a theme here over the next two lots)
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just wanted to keep a note in the feature request list about supporting a way to
> > update from version 2.3.x to a current release without the need for an unconstrained
> > I/O storm caused by the forced mailbox format upgrades. We are still using version
> > 2.3 because an update to 2.4 would cause mailboxes to be converted on first access.
> > If we could upgrade the replica first and then make it the primary after the
> > upgrade had completed and then upgrade the replica to complete the process, we
> > could do it. Alternatively, if the new version could use the old version of the
> > mailbox, we could then control the format update I/O usage.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ken
> > (stuck on version 2.3)
> 
> You'll be pleased to know, there is no IO storm in 2.5.0, even upgrading from 2.3.  Instead,
> you need to run "reconstruct -V max" to upgrade your indexes.  Until you upgrade them,
> you lose delayed expunge (it expunges all mailboxes instantly when you first open them,
> because that's too complex to support otherwise).
> 
> Bron.
> 

Hi Bron,

That is super news! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Regards,
Ken