Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Copeland [mailto:greg@copelandconsulting.net]
> Sent: 30 January 2003 22:47
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Tom Lane; PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [mail] Re: [HACKERS] Windows Build System
>
> I have lost entire directory trees (and all associated data)
> on NTFS before.  NTFS was kind enough to detect an
> inconsistency during boot and repaired the file system by
> simply removing any and all references to the top level
> damaged directory (on down).  Sure, the file system was in a
> known good state following the repair but the 2-days to
> recover from it, pretty much stunk!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it doesn't go toes up, just that in
my experience (going back the NT3.1) it's not a daily occurance.

> You also compared NTFS with ext2.  That's not exactly fair.
> Better you should compare NTFS with ext3, XFS, JFS, ReiserFS.
>  It's a better, more fair comparison, as now we're talking
> about the same category of file system.

I realise the differences, but I don't currently use ext3, xfs, jfs or
reiserfs on any of my production boxes so can't make any observations
about them. I did, less than a month ago, lose and entire pg data
directory on an ext2 partition though :-(

Regards, Dave.