Re: symlinking pg_xlog - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: symlinking pg_xlog
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Msg-id 26176.1119621000@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to symlinking pg_xlog  (KÖPFERL Robert <robert.koepferl@sonorys.at>)
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=?iso-8859-1?Q?K=D6PFERL_Robert?= <robert.koepferl@sonorys.at> writes:
> due to I/O-bottle necks I think of making a symlink from pg_xlog to another
> physical disk.
> This is a modification inside the cluster dir. What kind of idea is that?
> bad one?

That's exactly the recommended way to put xlog on a separate disk.

Don't forget to shut down the postmaster while moving xlog around ;-)

            regards, tom lane

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