On 3.1.2013 18:47, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > On 03.01.2013 01:15, Tomas Vondra wrote: >> 2) a new global/stat directory >> ------------------------------ >> >> The pgstat.stat file was originally saved into the "global" directory, >> but with so many files that would get rather messy so I've created a new >> global/stat directory and all the files are stored there. >> >> This also means we can do a simple "delete files in the dir" when >> pgstat_reset_all is called. > > How about creating the new directory as a direct subdir of $PGDATA, > rather than buried in global? "global" is supposed to contain data > related to shared catalog relations (plus pg_control), so it doesn't > seem like the right location for per-database stat files. Also, if we're > going to have admins manually zapping the directory (hopefully when the > system is offline), that's less scary if the directory is not buried as > deep.
That's clearly possible and it's a trivial change. I was thinking about that actually, but then I placed the directory into "global" because that's where the "pgstat.stat" originally was. Tomas -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
