Thread: ext3 block size

ext3 block size

From
"Wilson A. Galafassi Jr."
Date:
hello.
my database size is 5GB. what is the block size recommend?
thanks
wilson
 

Re: ext3 block size

From
"scott.marlowe"
Date:
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Wilson A. Galafassi Jr. wrote:

> hello.
> my database size is 5GB. what is the block size recommend?

Well, the biggest block size currently supported by stock linux distros is
4k, so I'd go with that.  Postgresql's default block size of 8k is fine
also.  Note that linux page/system/file block sizes are NOT related to
Postgresql block sizes.