Re: tablespaces and DB administration - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: tablespaces and DB administration
Date
Msg-id 29404.1085603611@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to tablespaces and DB administration  (pgsql@mohawksoft.com)
Responses Re: tablespaces and DB administration  (pgsql@mohawksoft.com)
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pgsql@mohawksoft.com writes:
> First, we keep the standard PostgreSQL directory the way it has always
> been with template0, template1, pg_xlog, pg_clog, etc. in the same place.
> We can refer to this as the "system" directory. This makes sense because
> all the system level stuff is there. User databases should be discouraged
> from the system, and users should be encouraged to create and use separate
> tablespaces for their databases.

Why?

This seems to me to be pushing complexity onto users whether they
want/need it or not.  I think that only a relatively small number of
installations will have any use for tablespaces, and we should not
try to coerce average users into worrying about them.
        regards, tom lane


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