Re: pg_xlog on same drive as OS

From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_xlog on same drive as OS
Date: 2004-03-12 20:52:49
Message-ID: m3ekrxaiu6.fsf@wolfe.cbbrowne.com
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In the last exciting episode, mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com wrote:
> greetings!
> on a dedicated pgsql server is putting pg_xlog
> in drive as OS almost equivalent to putting on a seperate
> drive?
>
> in both case the actual data files are in a seperate
> drive.

Well, if the OS drive is relatively inactive, then it may be "separate
enough" that you won't find performance hurt too much by this.
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