How to Upgrade Plan On Database
Hi, I have created the database cluster with PostgreSQL, and I used Nanode 1 GB plan. But if I want to upgrade the plan, How can I do that? Is it even possible?
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jhartman
Linode Staff
One of the great things about both PostgreSQL and our Linode servers is that they are both easily scaleable. As I understand, PostgreSQL doesn't require you to directly increase database storage, only the disk space that it is using:
To that end, you should only need to increase your Linode plan size or move your files to a Block Storage Volume. If you increase your Linode plan size, be sure to increase your disk size at the same time of the upgrade so that you get the full disk availability added to your current partition.
Alternatively, you could create an entirely new, larger Linode and transfer your files to help reduce downtime. Be sure to download your files locally first to make sure you don't accidentally delete anything important.
After all the files have been transferred and you have the database running on the new Linode, you could then swap your old IP address to the new Linode so that you wouldn't need to change any DNS records.