Re: how to configure my new server - Mailing list pgsql-performance

Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > how can I put indexes on a seperate disk ?
>
> Move the index object (use the oid2name package in /contrib to find the index)
> to a different location, and symlink it back to its original location.   Make
> sure that you REINDEX at maintainence time, and don't drop and re-create the
> index, as that will have the effect of moving it back to the original
> location.

I believe reindex will create a new file and hence remove the symlink,
at least in 7.3.

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