Re: One Database per Data File?

Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> writes:

> Ahh, ok. So how does this answer my question or help me achieve
> my goal of one database per "initdb file set?" You also have not
> answered whether or not postmaster can have multiple instances
> running, each pointing to a different initdb file set.

You definitely can.  Each one needs a different value of PDGATA and
PGPORT.  You also need to make sure shared memory limits, semaphores
etc are beefy enough to handle all the instances.

-Doug
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