PostgreSQL and the OCFS2 filesystem

The change log for Kernel Stable Build 2.6.16 indicates that OCFS2 has
been integrated into the kernel.

(See http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16 and
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3447236466.html).

I've searched the PostgreSQL mail archives for previous discussions of
OCFS and OCFS2. It appears the topic has come up before in various mail
lists, including the PostgreSQL General and Administration mail lists.
(For example:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2004-04/msg00101.php).

At that time, there was concern about the OCFS/OCFS2 license (GPL)
versus the PostgreSQL license (BSD) and the amount of work required to
evaluate PostgreSQL's performance with this file system.

Some of the discussions took place in the context of raw devices versus
filesystems
(http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2004-03/msg00376.php).

The discussion in at least two different threads suggested that shared
memory was the real issue for PostgreSQL, rather than the filesystem
(http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-08/msg01181.php and
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-01/msg01244.php).

Now that OCFS2 is part of the kernel, the licensing issue would seem to
have been put to rest. Does the fact that OCFS2 is now part of the
kernel help reduce the size of the work effort required to have a look
at the possibility of PostgreSQL using OCFS2? Is shared memory still
the real issue? Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Karen

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