Re: Filesystem

Martin Fandel wrote:
> Hi @ all,
>
> i have only a little question. Which filesystem is preferred for
> postgresql? I'm plan to use xfs (before i used reiserfs). The reason
> is the xfs_freeze Tool to make filesystem-snapshots.
>
> Is the performance better than reiserfs, is it reliable?
>

I used postgresql with xfs on mandrake 9.0/9.1 a while ago -
reliability was great, performance seemed better than ext3. I didn't
compare with reiserfs - the only time I have ever lost data from a Linux
box has been when I used reiserfs, hence I am not a fan :-(

best wishes

Mark