Calvin Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > symbolic link. But on win32, there is no equivalent. However, even under > *nix system, I believe symbolic link can only be created for directories on > the same hard drive. This seems less than optimal. Typically, one would > place database files on RAID 5 drives (to maximize random access speed) and > log files on mirrored drives (to maximize sequential access speed).
On Unix, a symbolic link can point anywhere. It's hard links that are limited to the same filesystem (not necessarily a disk drive in the hardware sense). -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]