On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> The traditional standard is that the filesystem is supposed to take >> care of its own metadata, and even Linux filesystems have pretty much >> figured that out. I don't really see a need for us to be nursemaiding >> the filesystem. At most there's a documentation issue here, ie, we >> ought to be more explicit about which filesystems and which mount >> options we recommend. > > I think it would be illuminating to shine upon this conversation the > light of some actual facts, as to whether or not this can be > demonstrated to be broken on systems people actually use, and to what > extent it can be mitigated by the sorts of configuration choices you > mention. Neither Simon's comments nor yours give me any clear feeling > as to how likely this is to cause problems for real users, nor how > easily those problems can be mitigated.
If you have some actual facts yourself, add them. Or listen for people that do. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
