OpenStreetMap postgresql postGIS database on RAID

rw — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:26:10 -0400

Configure a database for OpenStreetMap on another disk

Perhaps you need more space for your OpenStreetMap database and decide to move it to your shiny new big disk or RAID array? Sound good? Here we go. We need to create a tablespace for the database, then use it.

Create a directory for the database
sudo mkdir /raid/newgis sudo chown postgres:postgres /raid/newgis

As the postgres user
sudo -u postgres -i

Create a user for this database. Perhaps replace username with your username? Sure. read more »

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OpenStreetMap postgresql postGIS database on RAID

Configure a database for OpenStreetMap on another disk