On 5/25/12 8:19 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >> On Friday, May 25, 2012 04:03:49 PM Peter Geoghegan wrote: >>> Where do you suggest the file be written to? > >> One could argue stats_temp_directory would be the correct place. > > No, that would be exactly the *wrong* place, because that directory can > be on a RAM disk. We need to put this somewhere where it'll survive > a shutdown.
Mind you, I can imagine a busy system wanting to keep PSS on a ram disk as well. But users should be able to make that decision separately from the stats file. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
