Re: Transaction Log

From: David Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Transaction Log
Date: 2003-06-05 17:35:36
Message-ID: 1DB587FC-977C-11D7-8177-0003931A964A@kineticode.com
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On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 10:11 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> It only benefits performance if it's on a seperate *disk*, not just a
> seperate
> partition. It may help stability to put it on a new partition on the
> same
> disk/array, but not performance.

I believe it's on a separate disk. If it's not, I won't worry about it.

> Also, if you're already on a RAID 1+0 array or a large RAID 5-7 array
> (5 disks
> plus), moving WAL may not be a perceptible benefit at all.

IIRC, it's RAID 5 with 3 disks.

> What OS are you using?

Red Hat Linux 7.3.

So, is there a postgresql.conf setting for the location of the WAL log
or something?

Regards,

David

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