X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx2.hub.org [200.46.204.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1169F11F644E for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:59:23 -0300 (ADT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Score: 0.12 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.12 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.120] Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx2.hub.org [200.46.204.254]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BDB6gk9bb1t1 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:59:17 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9184211F6285 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:59:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 974E656427; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:59:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:59:14 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:59:14 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Vivek Khera Cc: Postgresql Performance Subject: Re: freebsd/softupdates for data dir Message-ID: <20060411225914.GA49405@pervasive.com> References: <4431C4B4.4090300@123.com.sv> <4431D591.30500@paradise.net.nz> <34268F66-1525-422E-8DEC-C1AA45C5853B@khera.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <34268F66-1525-422E-8DEC-C1AA45C5853B@khera.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060411:vivek@khera.org::94IOep1sog//6iwb:007R+D X-Hashcash: 1:20:060411:pgsql-performance@postgresql.org::tYNKmJ2CopaiqVZl:00000 0000000000000000000000005/Fr X-Archive-Number: 200604/252 X-Sequence-Number: 18336 On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:45:34AM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Jim Nasby wrote: > > > > >More importantly, it allows the system to come up and do fsck in > >the background. If you've got a large database that's a pretty big > >benefit. > > That's a UFS2 feature, not a soft-updates feature. It's both. You can't background fsck with softupdates disabled. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461