On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, while the location of pg_xlog is not currently configurable, on Linux system the way to do it is to: > 1. stop PostgreSQL > 2. move the pg_xlog directory to a separate partition > 3. create a symbolic link to point to the new partition > 4. restart PostgreSQL
Similar flow on Windows, just use a junction point for the link. -- Michael
I've done this on my Postgres 9.2 DB server running CentOS 6.7...
And it's pretty much what the guys told you already:
> 1. stop PostgreSQL > 2. move the pg_xlog directory to a separate partition > 3. create a symbolic link to point to the new partition > 4. restart PostgreSQL
In my case, it significantly improved I/O performance.