[Pgpool-general] what is "backend_data_directory"?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

What is "backend_data_directory"?

It's not really clear to me after reading the docs.


Is it some temporary directory, needed for online recovery only?

I.e. I could set it like:

backend_hostname0 = 'host1'
backend_port0 = 5432
backend_weight0 = 1
backend_data_directory0 = '/tmp/pgpool'
backend_hostname1 = 'host2'
backend_port1 = 5433
backend_weight1 = 1
backend_data_directory1 = '/tmp/pgpool'



Or is it perhaps the directory where postgres keeps its databases (like 
/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main)?


I.e. I should set it like:

backend_hostname0 = 'host1'
backend_port0 = 5432
backend_weight0 = 1
backend_data_directory0 = '/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main'
backend_hostname1 = 'host2'
backend_port1 = 5433
backend_weight1 = 1
backend_data_directory1 = '/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main'


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