Re: location for pgdata

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: <julesa(at)arbodienst-limburg(dot)nl>; <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] location for pgdata

> Jules,
>
> > since the (test) server will be mainly a database server, i made my
> > /var the biggest partition and put the pg data in there. but, is
> > there
> > any convention or default on where pg data are placed? i ask this to
> > make sure i don't run into trouble with an upgrade / RPM / DEB by
> > making an exotic choice now.
>
> Conventions are weak. The source defaults to /usr/local/pgsql/
> SuSE RPMs put it in /opt/lib/pgsql/. Deb puts it in /var/lib/postgresql
> (I think).
>
> So, put it whereever you want. Although /boot/ would bporbably not be a
> good idea. ;-)
>
> -Josh
>
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