Ok, we were going with the approach of the Postgres software (cluster) being on the root filesystem then creating databases with data file storage on an alternate filesystem.
It's sounding like the better approach would be to install the Postgres software (cluster with initdb) on a filesystem other than root. Do I have that right?
On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You should take a step back and read the basic documentation on PG administration. For instance: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/creating-cluster.html
We (at least I) have been assuming that you wanted to create a new database cluster, to run a server against that storage, using initdb. Using an already running server to put data elsewhere, using createdb is different, and requires that you create a tablespace first: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/manage-ag-tablespaces.html
Samuel Stearns
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