scott.marlowe wrote: > 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.
That _would_ work if ext2 was a reliable file system --- it is not. This is the problem of Linux file systems --- they have unreliable, and journalled, with nothing in between, except using a journalling file system and having it only journal metadata. -- 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 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
