On 11/09/2015 03:48 PM, anj patnaik wrote:
> I found this link explaining how to launch multiple instances. I was not
> able to find detailed steps like these in the postgres docs.
>
> Is this accurate from what you perceive? It also says to have separate
> init.d scripts (startup). Thanks
>
> https://opensourcedbms.com/dbms/running-multiple-postgresql-9-2-instances-on-one-server-in-centos-6rhel-6fedora/
Well if you really have your heart set on this I would take look at this:
http://yum.postgresql.org/howtoyum.php
Though the above would depend on how you installed your current version
of Postgres 9.4.
So where did you install it from?
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
> <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
>
> On 11/09/2015 11:40 AM, anj patnaik wrote:
>
> I have a linux 6.5 RHEL VM in which I am running an instance of
> PG 9.4.
> In order to test NFS, I want to run a second instance on same VM but
> different file system.
>
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/app-initdb.html
>
> init the cluster on the file system you want using -D, assuming the
> VM can access that file system.
>
> FYI, best practices is not to run on NFS, so do not be surprised if
> things break.
>
>
> Has anyone done this and is it possible with no issues?
>
>
>
> Or is it better to run different versions of PG on same server?
>
>
> No, you just need to make sure the Postgres clusters are listening
> on different ports. That means going into postgresql.conf in the
> cluster and changing the port variable.
>
>
> Please advise. Thanks
>
>
>
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