| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: Recomended FS |
| Date: | 2003-10-23 23:34:22 |
| Message-ID: | 200310232334.h9NNYMj04284@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Its worth checking - isn't it ?
>
> I appeciate that you may have performed such tests previously - but as
> hardware and software evolve its often worth repeating such tests (goes
> away to do the suggested one tonight).
>
> Note that I am not trying to argue away the issue about write caching -
> it *has* to increase the risk of database corruption following a power
> failure, however if your backups are regular and reliable this may be a
> risk worth taking to achieve acceptable performance at a low price.
Sure, but how many people are taking that risk and not knowing it!
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