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From Lou Picciano
Subject Re: binary logs: a location other than pg_xlog??
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In response to Re: binary logs: a location other than pg_xlog??  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Really? Wouldn't it be good general practice to store the xlogs on a different filesystem - offering one further layer of protection, if you will?  L

Thanks for your response. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Lou Picciano" <loupicciano@comcast.net>
Cc: "pgsql-admin" <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:54:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] binary logs: a location other than pg_xlog??

Lou Picciano <loupicciano@comcast.net> writes:
> Admin Friends, Can someone tell me the conf variablee to change location of binary logs? Would like to store logs in a location other than pg_xlog in cluster data dir.

There is no such setting.  But if you're so inclined you can make
pg_xlog be a symlink to some other directory.

                        regards, tom lane

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