Re: Recomended FS

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Cc: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>, Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org, jd@commandprompt.com
Date: 2003-10-23T23:34:22Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Its worth checking - isn't it ?
> 
> I appeciate that you may have performed such tests previously - but as 
> hardware and software evolve its often worth repeating such tests (goes 
> away to do the suggested one tonight).
> 
> Note that I am not trying to argue away the issue about write caching - 
> it *has* to increase the risk of database corruption following a power 
> failure, however if your backups are regular and reliable this may be a 
> risk worth taking to achieve acceptable performance at a low price.

Sure, but how many people are taking that risk and not knowing it!

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