<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
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>