"Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sure this makes for a nice brochure or power point presentation, > but in the real world I can't imagine putting that much effort into it > when compressed file systems seem the place to be doing this.
I can't really see trusting Postgres on a filesystem that felt free to compress portions of it. Would the filesystem still be able to guarantee that torn pages won't "tear" across adjacent blocks? What about torn pages that included hint bits being set? -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's PostGIS support! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
