Re: Tablespaces

On Monday 04 June 2007 04:53, Richard Huxton wrote:
> John Gardner wrote:
> > I've been testing one of our apps on PostgreSQL for the last few months
> > and I'm about ready to put it on the production server, but I need
> > advice on where to locate the tablespace.  I've been so concerned
> > getting the app working, I haven't even considered this yet.
> >
> > I'm using a RPM install of Postgres, so the data directory is located at
> > /var/lib/pgsql/data/.  Shall I just create a directory under here and
> > point the tablespace to there?  Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> If you're not going to be spreading your installation over multiple
> disks (well, mount-points), there's no need to play with tablespaces at
> all.

Well, one could use them as part of a disk quota utilization scheme... granted
doesn't sound like the OP needs them... just saying is all.

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Robert Treat
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