为了提高性能，一般建议将临时表空间放在SSD或者IOPS，以及吞吐量较高的分区中。

例子：当前未配置temp_tablespaces，使用默认表空间。

postgres=# \l+ postgres  
                                                            List of databases  
   Name   |  Owner   | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges |  Size   | Tablespace |                Description                   
----------+----------+----------+---------+-------+-------------------+---------+------------+--------------------------------------------  
 postgres | postgres | UTF8     | C       | C     |                   | 7456 kB | pg_default | default administrative connection database  
(1 row)  

postgres=# show temp_tablespaces ;  
 temp_tablespaces   
------------------  

(1 row)  
postgres=# create temp table tmp1 (id int);  
CREATE TABLE  
postgres=# insert into tmp1 select generate_series(1,1000);  
INSERT 0 1000  

临时表放在默认表空间中。

postgres=# select pg_relation_filepath('tmp1');  
 pg_relation_filepath   
----------------------  
 base/13241/t2_73746  
(1 row)  

执行一个大的排序，临时文件放在默认表空间中。

postgres=# select * from generate_series(1,10000000000) order by 1;  

查看临时文件目录

cd $PGDATA/base/pgsql_tmp  
$ ll  
-rw------- 1 digoal users 1.0G Mar 26 15:58 pgsql_tmp30315.0  
-rw------- 1 digoal users 1.0G Mar 26 15:58 pgsql_tmp30315.1  
....  

新建一个表空间，并将所有用户的temp_tablespaces参数设置为这个新建的表空间。

mkdir /disk1/digoal/tmptbs1  
postgres=# create tablespace tmptbs location '/disk1/digoal/tmptbs';  
CREATE TABLESPACE  
postgres=# alter role all set temp_tablespaces='tmptbs';  
ALTER ROLE  

重新测试，现在临时文件都会放到新建的表空间下面。

psql  
postgres=# select * from generate_series(1,10000000000) order by 1;  

cd /disk1/digoal/tmptbs/PG_9.5_201510051/pgsql_tmp  
total 528M  
-rw------- 1 digoal users 513M Mar 26 16:05 pgsql_tmp31527.0  

postgres=# create temp table t1(id int);  
CREATE TABLE  
postgres=# insert into t1 select generate_series(1,10000);  
INSERT 0 10000  
postgres=# select pg_relation_filepath('t1');  
              pg_relation_filepath                 
-------------------------------------------------  
 pg_tblspc/73749/PG_9.5_201510051/13241/t3_73750  
(1 row)  

默认情况下临时文件是放在默认的表空间下面临时文件（例如排序，哈希，产生的work file）

  <filespace_directory>/<tablespace_oid>/<database_oid>/pgsql_tmp   

临时表

  <filespace_directory>/<tablespace_oid>/<database_oid>/  

You can move temporary or transaction files to a specific filespace to improve database performance when  
running queries, creating backups, and to store data more sequentially.  

The dedicated filespace for temporary and transaction files is tracked in two separate flat files called  
gp_temporary_files_filespace and gp_transaction_files_filespace.   
These are located in the pg_system directory on each primary and mirror segment, and on master and standby.   
You must be a superuser to move temporary or transaction files.   
Only the gpfilespace utility can write to this file.  

Unless otherwise specified, temporary and transaction files are stored together with all user data.   
The default location of temporary files, <filespace_directory>/<tablespace_oid>/<database_oid>/pgsql_tmp   
is changed when you use gpfilespace --movetempfiles for the first time.  

Also note the following information about temporary or transaction files:  
• You can dedicate only one filespace for temporary or transaction files,   
  although you can use the same filespace to store other types of files.  
• You cannot drop a filespace if it used by temporary files.  
• You must create the filespace in advance.   

如果要修改Greenplum临时文件的存放地，操作如下：首先要创建filespace, 然后确保没有活跃会话，使用gpfilespace --movetempfilespace filespace_name命令迁移临时文件目录。

To move temporary files using gpfilespace    
1. Check that the filespace exists and is different from the filespace used to store all other user data.  
2. Issue smart shutdown to bring the Greenplum Database offline.  
   If any connections are still in progess, the gpfilespace --movetempfiles utility will fail.  
3. Bring Greenplum Database online with no active session and run the following command:  
   gpfilespace --movetempfilespace filespace_name  
   The location of the temporary files is stored in the segment configuration shared memory  
   (PMModuleState) and used whenever temporary files are created, opened, or dropped.  

To move transaction files using gpfilespace  
1. Check that the filespace exists and is different from the filespace used to store all other user data.  
2. Issue smart shutdown to bring the Greenplum Database offline.  
   If any connections are still in progess,the gpfilespace --movetransfiles utility will fail.  
3. Bring Greenplum Database online with no active session and run the following command:  
   gpfilespace --movetransfilespace filespace_name  
   The location of the transaction files is stored in the segment configuration shared memory  
   (PMModuleState) and used whenever transaction files are created, opened, or dropped.  

Creating a Tablespace  
  After you create a filespace, use the CREATE TABLESPACE command to define a tablespace that uses that  
  filespace.   
  For example:    
  =# CREATE TABLESPACE fastspace FILESPACE fastdisk;