Re: Re: XFS File systems and PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: XFS File systems and PostgreSQL
Date
Msg-id 200105071838.f47Icph19790@candle.pha.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: XFS File systems and PostgreSQL  (bruc@stone.congenomics.com (Robert E. Bruccoleri))
List 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,
Pennsylvania19026
 


pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: Re: File system performance and pg_xlog (More info)
Next
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: Lisp as procedural language