Re: Re: XFS File systems and PostgreSQL
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: bruc@acm.org
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
Date: 2001-05-07T18:38:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> The performance penalty for using fsync is modest, and therefore, > I do not believe that we should discourage people from using XFS > because it is a journaling file system. The note advising against > installing Postgres on XFS should be removed from the installation > guide. Instead, we need to explore how to use XFS's features to improve I don't believe any mention has been made in the docs yet. Seems we are still exploring this. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026