On 2009-09-07, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jasen Betts wrote: >> On 2009-09-03, S Arvind <arvindwill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > --001636ed7465170dcf0472ab404d >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> > >> > I have 2 doubts related to Filsesytem and Postgres data folder >> > >> > 1.Currently in CentOS, our postgres data folder is in single filesystem. Is >> > there any possibility to have a single data folder of single postgres in >> > more then one file system. >> > 2.I am having three big DB, is it possible to have a data of each DB in >> > different file system. so if i want to add a DB to postgre i will mount a >> > drive (filesystem ) and point that location for the postgres to use that >> > space. >> > for eg >> > Filesystem Mounted on >> > /dev/hda3 /data/db1 for DB1 >> > /dev/hda4 /data/db2 for DB2 >> > >> >> to be able to mount and unmount databases you will need to use >> separate "clusters", > > No, you can also use tablespaces for this. Just create a directory > inside /data/db1 (say /data/db1/ts) and then CREATE TABLESPACE ts_for_db1 > LOCATION '/data/db1/ts'. Then you can create the database in there. If later disks aren't present you will not be able to do many things (like add or remove roles) True. S. did not ask for that feature explicily (only about adding databases) -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
