[DOCS] Needs discussion of pg_xlog

2016-12-01 Thread robert
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/runtime-config-file-locations.html Description: In various places (e.g. stackoverflow), I've seen people suggest having pg_xlog ion a different disk (i.e. not in /var/lib/pgsql/9.

Re: [DOCS] Needs discussion of pg_xlog

2016-12-01 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 12/01/2016 07:00 AM, rob...@interactive.co.uk wrote: The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/runtime-config-file-locations.html Description: In various places (e.g. stackoverflow), I've seen people suggest having p

Re: [DOCS] Needs discussion of pg_xlog

2016-12-01 Thread Tom Lane
"Joshua D. Drake" writes: > On 12/01/2016 07:00 AM, rob...@interactive.co.uk wrote: >> The only mention of this that I've seen is in Section 29.5 (WAL >> Internals), >> and that just says "it is advantageous...", with no explanation. > The reason it can be advantageous is that pg_xlog has a diff