I have seen one reason myself for this: running multiple versions of
PostgreSQL on one machine. I have tried this once myself, to try out a new
version while still providing our customers with the old version.
Sander.
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From: "Andrew Perrin" <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu>
To: "Tim Ellis" <Tim.Ellis@gamet.com>
Cc: <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] multiple instances on one box?
> What's the reason for doing this? Just use separate databases -- if
> necessary, with different users given permissions on each -- in the same
> postmaster instance.
>
> ap
>
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> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Tim Ellis wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Hopefully not a FAQ, but I wonder, how do I start multiple Postgres
> > instances on one computer?
> >
> > To elaborate, I want to start one Postgres listening on say 7000 for
> > $DATA=/opt/pgdata1 and another Postgres listening on say 7100 for
> > $DATA=/opt/pgdata2.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim Ellis
> > DBA, Gamet
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