Re: [HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, the irony is that a journaling file system is being used to have > > fast, reliable restore after crash bootup, but with no fsync, the db is > > probably hosed. > > It just struck me--is it necessarily true that we get the big > performance

Re: [HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Robert E. Bruccoleri
Dear Bruce, > > Yes, the irony is that a journaling file system is being used to have > fast, reliable restore after crash bootup, but with no fsync, the db is > probably hosed. There is no irony in these cases. In my systems, which are used for bioinformatics, the updating process is generally

Re: [HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Doug McNaught
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, the irony is that a journaling file system is being used to have > fast, reliable restore after crash bootup, but with no fsync, the db is > probably hosed. It just struck me--is it necessarily true that we get the big performance hit? On a non

Re: [HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert E. Bruccoleri) writes: > > > I have been using PostgreSQL and XFS file systems on SGI's for many > > years, and PostgreSQL is fast. Dumping and loading 100GB of table > > files takes less than one day elapsed (provided there is no other > > activity on that database --

Re: [HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Doug McNaught
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert E. Bruccoleri) writes: > I have been using PostgreSQL and XFS file systems on SGI's for many > years, and PostgreSQL is fast. Dumping and loading 100GB of table > files takes less than one day elapsed (provided there is no other > activity on that database -- large amoun

Re: [HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
> I have been using PostgreSQL and XFS file systems on SGI's for many > years, and PostgreSQL is fast. Dumping and loading 100GB of table > files takes less than one day elapsed (provided there is no other > activity on that database -- large amounts of transactional activity > will slow things do

[HACKERS] XFS File systems and PostgreSQL

2001-05-02 Thread Robert E. Bruccoleri
I have been using PostgreSQL and XFS file systems on SGI's for many years, and PostgreSQL is fast. Dumping and loading 100GB of table files takes less than one day elapsed (provided there is no other activity on that database -- large amounts of transactional activity will slow things down). I al