Linux Recommended Installation Directory

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3 total messages Started by gargoyle60 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:51

#3265

Author: gargoyle60
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:51

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I have Lubuntu 14.04 (32-bit) on an i386 machine and have downloaded the interactive installer by
EnterpriseDB for version 9.4.9 (postgresql-9.4.9-2-linux.run).

As my usual approach for installing on Linux I have always chosen to install with PGDATA set as
"/var/lib/postgresql/9.4" but I notice that the interactive installer prompts to use /opt rather
than /var.

What are the general thoughts regarding the recommended directory?

Re: Linux Recommended Installation Directory

#3266

Author: Robert Klemme
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:32

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I think it's more interesting on what device you put your db files (IO bandwidth, fault tolerance etc.).

Re: Linux Recommended Installation Directory

#3267

Author: Benoit Izac
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:24

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gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> writes:

> I have Lubuntu 14.04 (32-bit) on an i386 machine and have downloaded
> the interactive installer by
> EnterpriseDB for version 9.4.9 (postgresql-9.4.9-2-linux.run).
>
> As my usual approach for installing on Linux I have always chosen to
> install with PGDATA set as
> "/var/lib/postgresql/9.4" but I notice that the interactive installer
> prompts to use /opt rather
> than /var.
>
> What are the general thoughts regarding the recommended directory?

For Linux, this is documented in hier(7), /opt is for static data,
/var/opt/ is for variable data.

--
Benoit Izac

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