Really? Wouldn't it be good general practice to store the xlogs on a different 
filesystem - offering one further layer of protection, if you will? L 


Thanks for your response. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Lane" <[email protected]> 
To: "Lou Picciano" <[email protected]> 
Cc: "pgsql-admin" <[email protected]> 
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:54:55 PM 
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] binary logs: a location other than pg_xlog?? 

Lou Picciano <[email protected]> writes: 
> Admin Friends, Can someone tell me the conf variablee to change location of 
> binary logs? Would like to store logs in a location other than pg_xlog in 
> cluster data dir. 

There is no such setting. But if you're so inclined you can make 
pg_xlog be a symlink to some other directory. 

regards, tom lane 

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