Re: [ADMIN] Direct I/O and Linux 2.4

2002-03-29 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Richard Emberson writes: > Does Postgresql support the use of Direct I/O or Raw I/O? No. And no one has announced any concrete plans to implement it either. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get of

[ADMIN] Direct I/O and Linux 2.4

2002-03-29 Thread Richard Emberson
An earlier post referenced a bunch of Oracle performance pages. One of them, http://www.ixora.com.au/notes/direct_io.htm indicates that on Linux 2.4 kernels one can use Direct I/O (if you DB supports it). Does Postgresql support the use of Direct I/O or Raw I/O? Base on another page http://ww