Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF9791337B58 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:53:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70940-04 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:53:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from eagle.jhcloos.com (eagle.jhcloos.com [207.210.242.212]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCAB1337B4A for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:53:49 -0400 (AST) Received: by eagle.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 463C84011E; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:53:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=eagle; t=1290452027; bh=vBCL9Lnj8/eOtVnSvE7+3eM2g99bLL0Oc0WEzY8bp5Q=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=WA83EpSi2bjLYg32VfalAlzkfdN4R5DUfwS0VLt/QwDqwpiu0Kr6LQWBNfZUimIqv e416dzA5uFJsvAp2JlFfhbwoTYk7uZ1O+Pk/88Q7yMaPt+r385S2hVfZZ+GxPf5T7W GHH1rTsNFXF+ixrN2SD5Mq3OaSW/KMwmorm0lii4= Received: from carbon (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carbon.jhcloos.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC03C300039; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:42:27 +0000 (UTC) From: James Cloos To: pgsql-admin Cc: Tom Lane , Lou Picciano , jd@commandprompt.com Subject: Re: binary logs: a location other than pg_xlog?? In-Reply-To: <4788.1290402707@sss.pgh.pa.us> (Tom Lane's message of "Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:11:47 -0500") References: <1557390103.902044.1290397034758.JavaMail.root@sz0093a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> <4788.1290402707@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABHNCSVQICAgIfAhkiAAAAI1J REFUOE+lU9ESgCAIg64P1y+ngUdxhl5H8wFbbM0OmUiEhKkCYaZThXCo6KE5sCbA1DDX3genvO4d eBQgEMaM5qy6uWk4SfBYfdu9jvBN9nSVDOKRtwb+I3epboOsOX5pZbJNsBJFvmQQ05YMfieIBnYX FK2N6dOawd97r/e8RjkTLzmMsiVgrAoEugtviCM3v2WzjgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Copyright: Copyright 2009 James Cloos OpenPGP: ED7DAEA6; url=http://jhcloos.com/public_key/0xED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:42:22 -0500 Message-ID: Lines: 13 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Hashcash: 1:30:101122:pgsql-admin@postgresql.org::o06T/syNDp2JnNPw:0000000000000000000000000000000000AfyYf X-Hashcash: 1:30:101122:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us::viYCuGMbyYB88iWc:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000UIYQg X-Hashcash: 1:30:101122:loupicciano@comcast.net::iZayAFKuq67HsMK6:0000000000000000000000000000000000000cBTxC X-Hashcash: 1:30:101122:jd@commandprompt.com::3BWJjroXE076K7Bo:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000tTqmX X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201011/192 X-Sequence-Number: 36158 >>>>> "TL" == Tom Lane writes: TL> It *is* configurable: make pg_xlog a symlink. I notice that everyone suggests using a symlink, but I never see anyone suggest just mounting a filesystem there. Is there a (technical) reason for that? Or is a symlink just though to be easier to explain? -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6