Re: ext3 filesystem / linux 7.3

From: Shankar K <shan0075(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, Chris Sutton <chris(at)smoothcorp(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ext3 filesystem / linux 7.3
Date: 2003-04-03 19:45:52
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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(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)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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