Re: Packaging VistA - GT.M directories

["Karsten Hilbert" <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net>]

> >     There is no precedence for storing Journals as far as I know 
> > Ok, I'll ignore the Journaling by now,...
> > Maybe Bhaskar can advise on what is
> > the right thing to do with that directory.
> 
> [KSB] I am puzzled as to the lack of precedents for journals in Debian, 
> but OK.
> 
> Like many database engines, GT.M writes information to a journal file as 
> well as to a database file.  In the event of a system crash, GT.M uses 
> the journal files to recover the database file.  On large systems, it is 
> traditional to put the journal file for a database file on a different 
> hard drive, and even a different controller.  In the default 
> installation, the "gtm" script simply puts the journal file for the 
> single database file in the g/ subdirectory of the version specific 
> subdirectory, e.g., V5.5-000_x86_64/g/, and that's what I recommend for 
> the Debian package.

Oh, Debian surely stores Journal files (say, PostgreSQL WAL files) but
the PostgreSQL developers simply let the database engine put them where
they are put by default (but it is still configurable).

Same advice (different controller) applies.

Karsten