Re: symlinking pg_xlog

Thanks to all of you.

I actually read the chapter but I just remembered to not touch pg's own area
pg_*
So ... I'll go for it

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
|Sent: Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 15:50
|To: KÖPFERL Robert
|Cc: [ADMIN]
|Subject: Re: [ADMIN] symlinking pg_xlog
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|=?iso-8859-1?Q?K=D6PFERL_Robert?= <robert(dot)koepferl(at)sonorys(dot)at> writes:
|> due to I/O-bottle necks I think of making a symlink from
|pg_xlog to another
|> physical disk.
|> This is a modification inside the cluster dir. What kind of
|idea is that?
|> bad one?
|
|That's exactly the recommended way to put xlog on a separate disk.
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|Don't forget to shut down the postmaster while moving xlog around ;-)
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| regards, tom lane
|