On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:59:03 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 07/31/2018 12:33 PM, George Neuner wrote: > >> Is there some reason that postgresql.conf cannot be a link to your >> file? > >It's six of one, half a dozen of the other. The big problem is when the >network share is unavailable at host boot and all of your databases are >belong to bitbucket. If you want to do it right, you need chef/puppet as >already suggested. I understand the problem with network shares - but the OP mentioned only a "shared location", which could be just another directory on the same device. Because the OP said also that there were other DBMS being used in the same shop, I considered that there might be a respectable SAN involved. George