On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:40:20AM -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > > Redhat puts ext3 on by default. Consider switching to a non-journaling FS > (ext2?) with the partition that holds your data and WAL.
I would give you exactly the opposite advice: _never_ use a non-journalling fs for your data and WAL. I suppose if you can afford to lose some transactions, you can do without journalling. Otherwise, you're just borrowing trouble, near as I can tell. A ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Liberty RMS Toronto, Ontario Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly