On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 09:09:16AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > If your intention in this test is to show the superiority of raw devices, let > me give you a reality check: barring some major corporate backing getting > involved, we can't possibly implement our own PG-FS for database support. We > already have a TODO list which is far too long for our developer pool, and > implementing a custom FS either takes a large team (OCFS) or several years of > development (Reiser).
Is there any documentation as to what guarantees PostgreSQL requires from the filesystem, or what posix semantics can be relaxed? Cheers, Steve ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html