Re: [GENERAL] can disks be read only?
mikeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > we wish to have a database that is history so we > want to make the disks read only after loading. > would this cause any problems with POSTGRES? In theory you could do it given that you vacuum the tables before locking down the files. (The vacuum is needed to ensure that on-row commit status bits are up to date.) In practice you'd likely have problems with the minor detail that md.c opens everything with O_RDWR privilege requests. You could probably do a quick hack to try O_RDONLY if O_RDWR fails... regards, tom lane
[GENERAL] can disks be read only?
hi, we wish to have a database that is history so we want to make the disks read only after loading. would this cause any problems with POSTGRES? it's on a linux 6.2 box with POSTGRES 7.0.2. what we're looking for here is that if the system crashes we can do a fast boot and not have the system do an FSCK. one company bought another and we're going to warehouse the purchased company's data for reference. they'll be no additions to it once loaded. thanks, mikeo