From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: KeithW@narrowpathinc.com
Cc: PostgreSQL Perform <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Moving pg_xlog
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:19:40 -0400
Message-ID: <14825.1117642780@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050601151618.M48325@narrowpathinc.com>
References: <20050601151618.M48325@narrowpathinc.com>
"Keith Worthington" <keithw@narrowpathinc.com> writes:
> I have been reading about increasing PostgreSQL performance by relocating the
> pg_xlog to a disk other than the one where the database resides. I have the
> following pg_xlogs on my system.
> /raid02/databases/pg_xlog
> /raid02/rhdb_databases/pg_xlog
> /raid02/databases-8.0.0/pg_xlog
> /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
> I have no idea why the forth entry is there. It is in the PostgreSQL
> installation directory.
It's there because the RPM sets up a database under /var/lib/pgsql/data.
> 1) stop the postmaster
> 2) rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
> 3) mv /raid02/databases/pg_xlog /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
> 4) ln -s /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog /raid02/databases/pg_xlog
> 5) start postmaster
Put the xlog anywhere BUT there!!!!!!!!!
> If I can do that and place the pg_xlog in the installation directory will I
> create any installation issues the next time I upgrade PostgreSQL?
Oh, the installation will be just fine ... but your database will not
be after the upgrade wipes out your WAL. Put the xlog under some
non-system-defined directory.
regards, tom lane
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