Go for it, it's suggested: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/wal-internals.html Jason Minion IT Developer Sigler Printing & Publishing 413 Northwestern Ave Ames, IA 50010 515-232-6997 jason.minion@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of KÖPFERL Robert Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:18 AM To: [ADMIN] Subject: [ADMIN] symlinking pg_xlog Hi, due to I/O-bottle necks I think of making a symlink from pg_xlog to another physical disk. This is a modification inside the cluster dir. What kind of idea is that? bad one? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)