Re: Some pgbench results - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Douglas McNaught
Subject Re: Some pgbench results
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Msg-id 877j6ju0yg.fsf@suzuka.mcnaught.org
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In response to Re: Some pgbench results  ("Magnus Naeslund(f)" <mag@fbab.net>)
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"Magnus Naeslund(f)" <mag@fbab.net> writes:

> It might seem that I'm selling ext3 or something :) but it's the linux
> filesystem I know best.
> If you want ext3 to perform with large directories, there is an mkfs
> option that enables directory hashing that you can try: -O dir_index.

You can also turn it on for an existing filesystem using 'tune2fs' and
a remount, but it won't hash already-existing large directories--those
will have to be recreated to take advantage of hashing.

-Doug

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