Re: [GENERAL] server hardware recommendations (the archives aredead)

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: "J(dot) Roeleveld" <j(dot)roeleveld(at)softhome(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-list <pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] server hardware recommendations (the archives aredead)
Date: 1999-12-15 16:27:44
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.9912151226560.651-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, J. Roeleveld wrote:

> > What filesystem? I know (thank god) very little about Linux, but
> > there have been comments here by some Linux folks (Thomas, wasn't it
> > you?) that indicated that ext2fs sucks for this? Are you running with
> > fsync() on or off?
>
> What is the problem with ext2fs? Is it just performance? or is there a
> serious chance for me losing data?

That, I do not know...this is just something I recall from previous
discussions...

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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