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PostgreSQL and ZFS

From
Thomas Bräutigam
Date:
Hello  all,
 
I am working with a PostgreSQL Database and I want to change the Filesystem to ZFS.
 
Does someone have experience with PostgreSQL and its Performance with ZFS? Are the current write options for PostgreSQL suitable for ZFS?
 
Do I need to finetune Postgres with the settings for ZFS?
Like finetuning of...
- fsync
- wal_sync_method
 
Thanks if someone can help me on this.
 
Cheers Thomas

Re: PostgreSQL and ZFS

From
"Larry Rosenman"
Date:

I'm running on ZFS on a lightly loaded FreeBSD 7 box, and it's fine.

 

I did give ZFS the hint with recordsize=8K on the data directory/fs, but nothing else.

 

(other than the usual caveats with ZFS on FreeBSD (I'm on amd64)).

 

LER

 

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From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Bräutigam
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:22 AM
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: [ADMIN] PostgreSQL and ZFS

 

Hello  all,

 

I am working with a PostgreSQL Database and I want to change the Filesystem to ZFS.

 

Does someone have experience with PostgreSQL and its Performance with ZFS? Are the current write options for PostgreSQL suitable for ZFS?

 

Do I need to finetune Postgres with the settings for ZFS?

Like finetuning of...

- fsync
- wal_sync_method

 

Thanks if someone can help me on this.

 

Cheers Thomas