Re: Journaling file systems - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Journaling file systems
Date
Msg-id 200202261719.g1QHJiC06041@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Journaling file systems  ("Peter Darley" <pdarley@kinesis-cem.com>)
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Peter Darley wrote:
> Friends,
>     I'm wondering if a journaling file system, like ext3, will make much
> difference with the speed or reliability of PostgreSQL?  Is it worth the
> work to switch over?

Reports are that ext3, with its journalling overhead, is slower that
ext2.  At least that's what I remember.

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