Re: Perfomance Tuning

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:40:20AM -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
>
> Redhat puts ext3 on by default. Consider switching to a non-journaling FS
> (ext2?) with the partition that holds your data and WAL.

I would give you exactly the opposite advice: _never_ use a
non-journalling fs for your data and WAL.  I suppose if you can
afford to lose some transactions, you can do without journalling.
Otherwise, you're just borrowing trouble, near as I can tell.

A

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