On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Rakesh Kumar <rakeshkumar46...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Their main problem to overcome when using them is that they tie > PostgreSQL > > much more tightly to the underlying configuration of the operating system > > and thus you need to ensure that your processes and procedures > accommodate > > that reality since the tools that PostgreSQL provides can only do so > much. > > Are you specifically referring to the restore process. > > Yes > Tablespaces help distributing large tables in different file systems. > Can you be more precise? A single table can only be placed onto one file system. Only if those different file systems have different physical characteristics is using a tablespace likely to be a good solution. In other scenarios having some kind of virtual file system overlay at the O/S level and exposed to PostgreSQL is probably a better option. David J.
