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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml index bd2dca39fcb..e0a93c1b5eb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ directories. </para> <para> -All the data needed for a database cluster is stored within the cluster's data +Traditionally, the configuration and data files used by a database +cluster are stored together within the cluster's data directory, commonly referred to as <varname>PGDATA</> (after the name of the environment variable that can be used to define it). A common location for <varname>PGDATA</> is <filename>/var/lib/pgsql/data</>. Multiple clusters, @@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ these required items, the cluster configuration files <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>, <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>, and <filename>pg_ident.conf</filename> are traditionally stored in <varname>PGDATA</> (although in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.0 and -later, it is possible to keep them elsewhere). +later, it is possible to place them elsewhere). </para> <table tocentry="1" id="pgdata-contents-table"> |