I have seen one reason myself for this: running multiple versions of PostgreSQL on one machine. I have tried this once myself, to try out a new version while still providing our customers with the old version.
Sander. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Perrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [ADMIN] multiple instances on one box? > What's the reason for doing this? Just use separate databases -- if > necessary, with different users given permissions on each -- in the same > postmaster instance. > > ap > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu > > > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Tim Ellis wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Hopefully not a FAQ, but I wonder, how do I start multiple Postgres > > instances on one computer? > > > > To elaborate, I want to start one Postgres listening on say 7000 for > > $DATA=/opt/pgdata1 and another Postgres listening on say 7100 for > > $DATA=/opt/pgdata2. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim Ellis > > DBA, Gamet > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
