-performance-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Rick Otten
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 9:06 AM
To: Dave Stibrany
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Filesystem and Disk Partitioning for New Server Setup
An LVM gives you more options.
Without an LVM you would add a disk to
An LVM gives you more options.
Without an LVM you would add a disk to the system, create a tablespace, and
then move some of your tables over to the new disk. Or, you'd take a full
backup, rebuild your file system, and then restore from backup onto the
newer, larger disk configuration. Or you'd
Thanks for the advice, Rick.
I have an 8 disk chassis, so possible extension paths down the line are
adding raid1 for WALs, adding another RAID10, or creating a 8 disk RAID10.
Would LVM make this type of addition easier?
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:08 AM, Rick Otten
wrote:
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> 1) I'd go with xfs
1) I'd go with xfs. zfs might be a good alternative, but the last time I
tried it, it was really unstable (on Linux). I may have gotten a lot
better, but xfs is a safe bet and well understood.
2) An LVM is just an extra couple of commands. These days that is not a
lot of complexity given what y
I'm about to install a new production server and wanted some advice regarding
filesystems and disk partitioning.
The server is:
- Dell PowerEdge R430
- 1 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 2.4GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 4 x 600GB 10k SAS
- PERC H730P Raid Controller with 2GB cache
The drives will be set up in one RAID-
