SAN and full_page_writes - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Nikolas Everett
Subject SAN and full_page_writes
Date
Msg-id d4e11e980809030903q4e14cf59v291b18e7091e18f6@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: SAN and full_page_writes
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I have the honor to be configuring Postgres to back into a NetApp FAS3020 via fiber.

Does anyone know if the SAN protects me from breakage due to partial page writes?

If anyone has an SAN specific postgres knowledge, I'd love to hear your words of wisdom.

For reference:
[postgres@localhost bonnie]$ ~neverett/bonnie++-1.03a/bonnie++
Writing with putc()...done
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Create files in sequential order...done.
Stat files in sequential order...done.
Delete files in sequential order...done.
Create files in random order...done.
Stat files in random order...done.
Delete files in random order...done.
Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
localhost.lo 32104M 81299  94 149848  30 42747   8 45465  61 55528   4 495.5   0
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
                 16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++

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