Re: Feature Request - Defining default table space for Indexes in Conf file - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Feature Request - Defining default table space for Indexes in Conf file
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Msg-id 29610.1191436812@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Feature Request - Defining default table space for Indexes in Conf file  ("Josh Tolley" <eggyknap@gmail.com>)
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"Josh Tolley" <eggyknap@gmail.com> writes:
> On 10/1/07, S Sharma <data_arch@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> It would be nice to have a feature to define a default table space for
>> indexes in db conf file and all indexed are created in that table space.

> Although the most basic optimization suggested when using tablespaces
> is always "Put indexes on one and data on another to avoid disk
> contention", I doubt that the ideal optimization for many workloads,
> which means sticking such a thing in a config file might not be such a
> good idea. In other words, a DBA probably ought to think harder about
> optimizing his/her use of tablespaces than just "I'll put indexes on
> this one and data on another".

Yeah, I think that argument is why we did not provide such a setup to
begin with...

            regards, tom lane

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