Re: ext3 filesystem / linux 7.3

Hi Scott,

Could you please share with us the problems you had
with linux 7.3

would be really interested to know the kernel configs
and ext3 filesystem modes

Shankar

--- "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Chris Sutton wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >
> > > > I had previously understood that ext3 was a
> bad thing with PostgreSQL and I
> > > > went way above and beyond to create it on an
> Ext2 filesystem (the only one
> > > > on the server) and mount that.
> >
> > We recently started using Postgres on a new
> database server running RH 7.3
> > and ext3.  Due to some kernel problems the machine
> would crash at random
> > times.  Each time it crashed it came back up
> extremly easily with no data
> > loss.  If we were on ext2 coming back up after a
> crash probably wouldn't
> > have been quite as easy.
> >
> > We have since given up on RH 7.3 and gone with RH
> Enterprise ES.  Just an
> > FIY for any of you out there thinking about moving
> to RH 7.3 or those that
> > are having problems with 7.3 and ext3.
>
> We're still running RH 7.2 due to issues we had with
> 7.3 as well.
>
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