Re: Temporary files directory

Tom Lane wrote:
  >What I'd recommend in the short term is that you use a filesystem
  >implementation that allows a logical filesystem to span multiple
  >physical disks.  My preferred OS, HPUX, can do this easily; I believe
  >the same thing can be done with some Linux filesystems but don't know
  >the details.  (Any help out there?)

Linux kernel 2.4 supports Logical Volumes. As in HP/UX, this enables a
logical partition to be assembled from multiple partitions on multiple
disks.

I haven't tried it yet, though.

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