There are articles over at IBM about journaled file systems. One of them talked about incredible performance from ext3 in busy environments. The article is here:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs8.html On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:47, Peter Darley wrote: > Jeff (or anyone else), > Is there some kind of file system (for Linux) that will provide better > performance than ext2? XFS or ReiserFS maybe? > Thanks, > Peter Darley > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Self [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:22 AM > To: Peter Darley > Cc: Pgsql-Admin > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Journaling file systems > > > Journaled file systems will typically slow down a database somewhat. > > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 10:29, Peter Darley wrote: > > Friends, > > I'm wondering if a journaling file system, like ext3, will make much > > difference with the speed or reliability of PostgreSQL? Is it worth the > > work to switch over? > > Thanks, > > Peter Darley > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Jeff Self > Information Technology Analyst > Department of Personnel > City of Newport News > 2400 Washington Ave. > Newport News, VA 23607 > 757-926-6930 > -- Jeff Self Information Technology Analyst Department of Personnel City of Newport News 2400 Washington Ave. Newport News, VA 23607 757-926-6930 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
