Re: Upgrading form mysql 5.0.90 to 5.5 or 5.6

[Manuel Arostegui]

2013/2/14 Mike Franon <kongfranon@stripped>

> Great thanks for the info, I guess the best way to do this is take a
> spare server, set it up with our standard setup, and then start the
> upgrade as you said 5.0 -> 5.1 -> 5.5, test and then upgrade to 5.6
> and test.


Do not forget to leave that spare server running for several days before
upgrading the rest of machines to 5.6. If possible, I would do some stress
tests or benchmarking to make sure it performs as you expect.

Manuel.