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From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>
To: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Which OS provides the _fastest_ PostgreSQL performance?
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:14:49 -0800
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Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> 
> Sure, some even read the entire cylinder. But unless the data are stored
> contiguously, this does little good. The Linux ext2 and ext3 file systems
> try to get more contiguity by allocating (IIRC) 8 blocks each time a write
> needs space

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