Rod Taylor wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 14:53, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > 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. > > Agreed.. WAL cannot recover something when WAL no longer exists due to a > filesystem corruption.
It is true that ext2 isn't good because the file system may not recover, but BSD UFS isn't a journalled file system, but does guarantee file system recovery after a crash --- it is especially good using soft updates. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
