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Subject: Re: Migration study, step 1: bulk write performance
From: Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com>
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> For the record, that's the wrong way round. For the data partitioning
> metadata journaling is enough, and for the WAL partition you don't need any
> FS journaling at all.

Yes, you're right: the data partition shouldn't loose file creation,
deletion, etc., which is not important for the WAL partition where the
WAL files are mostly recycled... right ?

Cheers,
Csaba.