| From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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| To: | Laura Smith <n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp(at)protonmail(dot)ch>, postgre <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ZFS filesystem - supported ? |
| Date: | 2021-10-25 08:18:15 |
| Message-ID: | 144581af3326336c768e8c8a46900f7e2fccb2f6.camel@cybertec.at |
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On Sat, 2021-10-23 at 11:29 +0000, Laura Smith wrote:
> Given an upcoming server upgrade, I'm contemplating moving away from XFS to ZFS
> (specifically the ZoL flavour via Debian 11).
> BTRFS seems to be falling away (e.g. with Redhat deprecating it etc.), hence my preference for ZFS.
>
> However, somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to have a recollection of reading
> about what could be described as a "strong encouragement" to stick with more traditional options such as ext4 or xfs.
ZFS is probably reliable, so you can use it with PostgreSQL.
However, I have seen reports of performance tests that were not favorable for ZFS.
So you should test if the performance is good enough for your use case.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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