Re: symlinking pg_xlog

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: KÖPFERL Robert <robert(dot)koepferl(at)sonorys(dot)at>
Cc: "[ADMIN]" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: symlinking pg_xlog
Date: 2005-06-24 13:50:00
Message-ID: 26176.1119621000@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.

Don't forget to shut down the postmaster while moving xlog around ;-)

regards, tom lane

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