Hello I use version 9.5 on Linux Mint 17.3. I had a discussion yesterday with some friends, who are sysadmins about the location of database files. In a default installation from a distribution (apt-get install) PostgreSQL creates a cluster unter /var/lib/. According to my colleagues /var/lib should not contain data that is supposed to last over time. I am aware that the location can be modified to suit the needs of sysadmins as described under these links. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/storage-file-layout.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-file-locations.html In the first link there is a line stating that "A common location for PGDATA is /var/lib/pgsql/data". My question is if there is a specific reason for choosing /var/lib as the default for database file locations, some kind of best practices or alike. I assume that there have been discussions on the topic? Thank you and enjoy the weekend. Charles -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
