Re: Harddisk performance degrading over time?

Actually, the culprit is probably PostgreSQL and not
the ext2 file system. Have you tried vacuuming you
database and running the benchmarks again? PostgreSQL
uses a non-overwriting storage manager, and so vacuum
needs to be run periodically to clear out expired
tuples.

Jason

--- Daniel_kerud <zilch(at)home(dot)se> wrote:
> Do the hard disk degrade in performance over time on
> a Linux ext2 filesystem? All my performance test
> programs show 20% worse performance and I have done
> NADA! I just ran them again :(
>
> Do you have to defrag?
>
> ---
> Daniel kerud
>
> [ Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in
> large groups]
>

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