Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGtai-0003nw-91 for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:22:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGtah-00015A-P1 for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:22:23 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGtag-00014a-Sn for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:22:23 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([2604:da00:2:2:5054:ff:fe07:7618]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGtad-0000yz-KK for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:22:21 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.61] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 673906C9; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:22:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from c-73-225-27-179.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([73.225.27.179] helo=[192.168.1.61]) by assp.commandprompt.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.1); 13 Dec 2016 12:22:17 -0800 Subject: Re: Isolation of tx logs on VMware To: ProPAAS DBA , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <9998f9f1-bb96-2712-e823-a5f712505668@propaas.com> From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:22:16 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9998f9f1-bb96-2712-e823-a5f712505668@propaas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.5.1(16177) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-60537-04694 X-Assp-Session: 7F30ED7032B0 (mail 1) X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Isolation of tx logs on VMware X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Pg-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-performance Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org On 12/13/2016 12:16 PM, ProPAAS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > I'm not a VMware expert, however I thought VMware would allow the > creation of multiple disk volumes and attach them via separate mount > points. Is this not true? If it is an option can someone point me to a > how to... Yes it is possible to do this and then you will be able to use standard OS tools to determine the IO utilization. > > > Also, if we cannot do multiple VMDK volumes then what is everyone's > thoughts about relocating pg_xlog to an NFS mount? > I personally wouldn't do it but it would depend on the implementation. JD > > Thanks in advance > > > > > -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance