Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkw...@catalyst.net.nz> writes:
> I'm helping set up a Red Hat 5.5 system for Postgres. I was going to 
> recommend xfs for the filesystem - however it seems that xfs is 
> supported as a technology preview "layered product" for 5.5. This 
> apparently means that the xfs tools are only available via special 
> channels.

It also means that it's probably not production grade, anyway.

> What are Red Hat using people choosing for a good performing filesystem?

What's your time horizon?  RHEL6 will have full support for xfs.
On RHEL5 I really wouldn't consider anything except ext3.

                        regards, tom lane

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