On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, 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.
I'd argue that a reliable filesystem (ext2) is still better than a questionable journaling filesystem (ext3 on kernels <2.4.20). This isn't saying to not use jounraling, but I would definitely test it under load first to make sure it's not gonna lose data or get corrupted. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match