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From: Matthew Tice <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Postgresql Database and PG_WAL locations
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:21:38 -0600
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> On Aug 29, 2024, at 12:18 PM, Henry Ashu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I have a database that's about 2TB in size, and I want to place the database files in a separate mount point(PGDATA) and the log files in a different mount point(PG_WAL). What's your take on this?.

Take a look at https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Installation_and_Administration_Best_practices

Essentially, yes, you will want your WAL and data stored on different devices (or the very least, different partitions).

> Thank you
> 
> Henry Ashu
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