Re: Can postgresql store its data on raw device now?

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Lizzy M <lizzymy(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can postgresql store its data on raw device now?
Date: 2009-06-09 08:14:46
Message-ID: 937d27e10906090114g48670a72l22392a8db1483e2b@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Gurjeet Singh<singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> It still doesn't support raw device.

Nor is it ever likely to. Filesystems are vastly superior now than
when certain other DBMSs were designed to use raw devices, and for
PostgreSQL to replace the average filesystem now with something as
reliable, performant and well tested would take a significant amount
of effort for little, if any, gain.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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