From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: File system choice for Red Hat systems
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:26:36 -0400
Message-ID: <14604.1275449196@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C05CABC.3020905@catalyst.net.nz>
References: <4C05CABC.3020905@catalyst.net.nz>
Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@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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