Greg Spiegelberg <gspiegelberg@cranel.com> writes:
> If the log and database were on the same disk I'd be okay with the
> current workaround. If the ``-'' gave me near the same performance as
> turning syslog off I'd be okay with that too. However, neither of these
> are the case so there has to be something else blocking between the two
> processes.
You could also consider not using syslog at all: let the postmaster
output to its stderr, and pipe that into a log-rotation program.
I believe some people use Apache's log rotator for this with good
results.
regards, tom lane
