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* postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size
@ 2012-06-06 15:54 Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com>
2012-06-06 16:24 ` Re: postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Mike Broers @ 2012-06-06 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
Hello, I am setting up a new postgres production server in a managed
hosting environment. I dont have much insight into the underlying disk
architecture but the filesystem I have been presented with has a 4k block
size. Postgres defaults to 8k block size; would it be beneficial to repave
the filesystem at an 8k block size or problematic to leave it at 4k? I
have seen posts suggesting alignment of the postgres block size and the
file system block size and the raid block size, but wonder if a multiple is
sufficient or if it should match exactly.
Thank you
Mike
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* Re: postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size
2012-06-06 15:54 postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com>
@ 2012-06-06 16:24 ` Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
2012-06-13 17:52 ` Re: postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2012-06-06 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello, I am setting up a new postgres production server in a managed
> hosting environment. I dont have much insight into the underlying disk
> architecture but the filesystem I have been presented with has a 4k block
> size. Postgres defaults to 8k block size; would it be beneficial to repave
> the filesystem at an 8k block size or problematic to leave it at 4k?
I doubt it's worth the trouble to change it. Most filesystems default
to 4k or smaller block sizes, so that's what PG is accustomed to run on.
I think it would only really be an issue if PG's block size weren't a
multiple of the filesystem block.
regards, tom lane
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* Re: postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size
2012-06-06 15:54 postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com>
2012-06-06 16:24 ` Re: postgres block size alignment with filesystem block size Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
@ 2012-06-13 17:52 ` Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2012-06-13 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; +Cc: Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com>; pgsql-admin
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:24:35PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Mike Broers <mbroers@gmail.com> writes:
> > Hello, I am setting up a new postgres production server in a managed
> > hosting environment. I dont have much insight into the underlying disk
> > architecture but the filesystem I have been presented with has a 4k block
> > size. Postgres defaults to 8k block size; would it be beneficial to repave
> > the filesystem at an 8k block size or problematic to leave it at 4k?
>
> I doubt it's worth the trouble to change it. Most filesystems default
> to 4k or smaller block sizes, so that's what PG is accustomed to run on.
> I think it would only really be an issue if PG's block size weren't a
> multiple of the filesystem block.
I have heard about performance issues when the virtual machine block
size isn't aligned with the host OS block size.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
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