> Hi there, > > I'm a little new to postgres but I am wondering (as it doesn't seem to be in > the in site documentation) how to add multiple instances to a 7.4 Postgres > installation. > > The scenario is that I have 4 Databases all on separate systems at the > moment that are core the business and the thought was that we could put them > all onto one high availability machine as instances under 1 postgres > install.
You could either put them in the same instance or create with initdb 4 different database cluster locations and launch 4 postmasters listening on different port (set PGDATA and PGPORT to distinct values before to launch each postmater). Jouneau Luc ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html