Re: Postgresql DB on a live cd

Why not have a static copy of the pg_clog on boot, copy it to a ramdisk
and point Postgres there?

Greg

mail(at)iond(dot)it wrote:
>>http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/42.php
>>Regards
>>Inaki
>
>
> Thank you Inaki for the direction,
>
> This is the interesting part :
>
> --> log file -- this can be directed to /dev/null
> --> There are ways to stop the writing to the log file and pgstat.stat, but pg_clog cannot be turned off.
>
> Sorry for my questions but I'm a newbie postgresql user.
>
> Real data are only in pgsql/data/base ?
> Does postmaster open these files in read-write mode ?
>
> What is defined as "log file" is in pgsql/data/pg_xlog ?
> Here I have the biggest files and if these ones are only logs I could turning off them.
> Please, can you give me any direction how to do it, or how to redirect them to /dev/null ?
>
> I don't care about turning off pc_clog, can put it in ramdisk.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lucio
>
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