From: Nikolas Everett <nik9000@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SAN and full_page_writes
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:24:00 -0400
Message-ID: <d4e11e980809050724m5f0e8971n3909c26026fda47b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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I seem to have answered my own question. I'm sending the answer to the list
in case someone else has the same question one day.
According to the NetApp documentation, it does protect me from partial page
writes. Thus, full_page_writes = off.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Nikolas Everett <nik9000@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the honor to be configuring Postgres to back into a NetApp FAS3020
> via fiber.
>
> Does anyone know if the SAN protects me from breakage due to partial page
> writes?
>
> If anyone has an SAN specific postgres knowledge, I'd love to hear your
> words of wisdom.
>
> For reference:
> [postgres@localhost bonnie]$ ~neverett/bonnie++-1.03a/bonnie++
> Writing with putc()...done
> Writing intelligently...done
> Rewriting...done
> Reading with getc()...done
> Reading intelligently...done
> start 'em...done...done...done...
> Create files in sequential order...done.
> Stat files in sequential order...done.
> Delete files in sequential order...done.
> Create files in random order...done.
> Stat files in random order...done.
> Delete files in random order...done.
> Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input-
> --Random-
> -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block--
> --Seeks--
> Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec
> %CP
> localhost.lo 32104M 81299 94 149848 30 42747 8 45465 61 55528 4
> 495.5 0
> ------Sequential Create------ --------Random
> Create--------
> -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read---
> -Delete--
> files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec
> %CP
> 16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++
> +++
>
>
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