X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F76A52996 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:18:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89706-04 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:18:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (vms044pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.44]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C6952945 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:18:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([70.108.53.154]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0ILI00BC7SUX0QII@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:18:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 604036050CD for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:18:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27878-03-2 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:18:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 360D8600498; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:18:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:18:33 -0400 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: extremly low memory usage In-reply-to: To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20050820121833.GM19080@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at mathom.us References: <1124331108.27881.96.camel@bluejay.goodinassociates.com> <1124386761.27881.119.camel@bluejay.goodinassociates.com> <4304CB77.4070403@arbash-meinel.com> <1124470109.27881.152.camel@bluejay.goodinassociates.com> <43061472.2080201@arbash-meinel.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20050819140714.05c181e8@pop.earthlink.net> <43063196.9000001@arbash-meinel.com> <1124485299.27881.192.camel@bluejay.goodinassociates.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.005 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.005] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200508/290 X-Sequence-Number: 14037 On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 01:12:15AM -0600, Dan Harris wrote: >XFS seems to be a trusted choice, followed by Reiser and JFS both >with the occasional controversy when the comparisons pop up. And don't put the xlog on a journaled filesystem. There is no advantage to doing so, and it will slow things down. (Assuming a sane seperate xlog partition configuration, sized reasonably.) Mike Stone