In response to Callum Scott : > Hi All, > > I am looking for a way to define where index files should be located. > > I am wanting to store the index files on a separate SSD from the database > itself. I can see that there is a way to define this from within the > database. Is there a way to do this at a system level within the configuration > file? You have to define a own tablespace and then you can create new indexes on this tablespace. test=# \h create tablespace Command: CREATE TABLESPACE Description: define a new tablespace Syntax: CREATE TABLESPACE tablespacename [ OWNER username ] LOCATION 'directory' test=# \h create index Command: CREATE INDEX Description: define a new index Syntax: CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX [ CONCURRENTLY ] name ON table [ USING method ] ( { column | ( expression ) } [ opclass ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] [, ...] ) [ WITH ( storage_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace ] [ WHERE predicate ] -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general