Jeff,
> Thanks for that Josh.
Welcome
> I had previously understood that ext3 was a bad thing with PostgreSQL and I
> went way above and beyond to create it on an Ext2 filesystem (the only one
> on the server) and mount that.
>
> Should I undo that work and go back to Ext3?
I would. Not necessarily Ext3, mind you; you might want to consider Reiser or
JFS, too. My experience has been better with Reiser than Ext3 with Postgres,
but I can't back that up with any statistics.
(DISCLAIMER: This is not professional advice, and comes with no warranty. If
you want professional advice, pay me.)
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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco