| From: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Martin Fandel <martin(dot)fandel(at)alphyra-evs(dot)de> |
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Filesystem |
| Date: | 2005-06-03 10:41:22 |
| Message-ID: | 42A033D2.3080609@paradise.net.nz |
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Martin Fandel wrote:
> Hi @ all,
>
> i have only a little question. Which filesystem is preferred for
> postgresql? I'm plan to use xfs (before i used reiserfs). The reason
> is the xfs_freeze Tool to make filesystem-snapshots.
>
> Is the performance better than reiserfs, is it reliable?
>
I used postgresql with xfs on mandrake 9.0/9.1 a while ago -
reliability was great, performance seemed better than ext3. I didn't
compare with reiserfs - the only time I have ever lost data from a Linux
box has been when I used reiserfs, hence I am not a fan :-(
best wishes
Mark
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