It's multiple postmaster's, each with its own $PGDATA folder and TCP port.
See:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=postgresql-admin&w=2&r=1&s=Run+4+postgresql+
session+on+ONE+server%3F&q=b
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dennis Gearon [mailto:gearond@cvc.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:59
>To: Murthy Kambhampaty
>Cc: 'Kolus Maximiliano'; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgres+daemontools
>
>
>Is this multiple postmasters agains the SAME database? Or
>against multiple copies?
>
>Murthy Kambhampaty wrote:
>> We recently started using daemontools to manage the herd of
>postmasters (see
>> the recent thread regarding running multiple postmasters on a single
>> machine), and its working quite well.
>>
>> We still have to figure out how to mimic the
>> "pg_ctl stop -m fast|immediate" modes,
>> svc -d /service/<server name> mimics "pg_ctl stop -m smart"
>which may be all
>> we need (I guess svc -i /service/<server name>; svc -d
>/service/<server
>> name>" effectively gives the "fast" mode.)
>>
>> Murthy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kolus Maximiliano [mailto:Kolus.maximiliano@bcr.com.ar]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:28
>> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>> Subject: [GENERAL] postgres+daemontools
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm about to install postgres on a box that has daemontools
>on it and I
>> would like to use it. Is there anybody here already running
>postgres from
>> daemontools? Is it advisable? Do you have any problems or
>issues I should
>> took care before trying it?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
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>