On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Jim Nasby <j...@nasby.net> wrote: > On Dec 19, 2010, at 1:10 AM, flyusa2010 fly wrote: >> Does postgres make an effort to create a file with physically continuous >> blocks? > > AFAIK all files are expanded as needed. I don't think there's any flags you > can pass to the filesystem to tell it "this file will eventually be 1GB in > size". So, we're basically at the mercy of the FS to try and keep things > contiguous.
There have been some reports that we would do better on some filesystems if we extended the file more than a block at a time, as we do today. However, AFAIK, no one is pursuing this ATM. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
