Re: how to add a new data partition - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: how to add a new data partition
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Msg-id 25273.1170802791@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: how to add a new data partition  (Phillip Smith <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au>)
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Phillip Smith <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au> writes:
> Perhaps a LVM group would be appropriate in this situation if you have
> the luxury of being able to implement that somehow...

Indeed, the existence of LVM and similar tools is exactly why we don't
deem it pressing to come up with Oracle-like tablespace management.
If you want a tablespace to span multiple physical volumes, use LVM.
The Postgres project tries to avoid re-inventing perfectly good wheels ...

            regards, tom lane

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