Thread: postgresql and reiserfs

postgresql and reiserfs

From
km
Date:
Hi all,

Is anyone up with database features in reiserfs (reiser4)  with postgresql 8.x?

regards,
KM

Re: postgresql and reiserfs

From
Richard Broersma Jr
Date:
> Is anyone up with database features in reiserfs (reiser4)  with postgresql 8.x?

I heard that reiser4 is not yet stable.  And that there is a chance that it wont be since its
author is in detention. Most of the recommendations that I've seen are to use good-old-reliable
EXT3 which keeps your data safe.

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.

Re: postgresql and reiserfs

From
Devrim GUNDUZ
Date:
Hi,

On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 09:31 -0800, Richard Broersma Jr wrote:

> I heard that reiser4 is not yet stable.  And that there is a chance
> that it wont be since its author is in detention.

Here are the links:

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/10/15/0057203.shtml
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/10/11/0142216.shtml?tid=123

Also, SuSE announced that they will be switching to ext3 in their next
SLES releases:

http://news.com.com/Novell+makes+file-storage+software
+shift/2100-1016_3-6125509.html

Red Hat, major player in Enterprise game, is supporting ext* for years.
reiserfs is not enabled by default.

So, IMHO, since less people will be using reiser, I would not use that
in my installations.

>  Most of the recommendations that I've seen are to use
> good-old-reliable EXT3 which keeps your data safe

Also ext2 is preferred on many installations, especially when people
want to avoid journals.

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Re: postgresql and reiserfs

From
Ben
Date:
As I understand resier4, its features are irrelevant if your filesystem
will mostly be holding postgres data.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, km wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is anyone up with database features in reiserfs (reiser4)  with postgresql 8.x?
>
> regards,
> KM
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Re: postgresql and reiserfs

From
"Merlin Moncure"
Date:
On 10/31/06, Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 09:31 -0800, Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
>
> > I heard that reiser4 is not yet stable.  And that there is a chance
> > that it wont be since its author is in detention.
>
> Here are the links:
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/10/15/0057203.shtml
> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/10/11/0142216.shtml?tid=123
>
> Also, SuSE announced that they will be switching to ext3 in their next
> SLES releases:
>
> http://news.com.com/Novell+makes+file-storage+software
> +shift/2100-1016_3-6125509.html
>
> Red Hat, major player in Enterprise game, is supporting ext* for years.
> reiserfs is not enabled by default.
>
> So, IMHO, since less people will be using reiser, I would not use that
> in my installations.
>
> >  Most of the recommendations that I've seen are to use
> > good-old-reliable EXT3 which keeps your data safe
>
> Also ext2 is preferred on many installations, especially when people
> want to avoid journals.

If i was a betting man, I would guess that (currently being developed)
ext4 will win the filesystem popularity contest at some point in the
future, and will probably dominate enterprise linux installations.

merlin