From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Cc: | "Decibel!" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Block-level CRC checks |
Date: | 2008-10-02 15:57:30 |
Message-ID: | 200810021157.30383.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Tuesday 30 September 2008 17:17:10 Decibel! wrote:
> On Sep 30, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > Doesn't some filesystems include a per-block CRC, which would
> > achieve the same thing? ZFS?
>
> Sure, some do. We're on linux and can't run ZFS. And I'll argue that
> no linux FS is anywhere near as tested as ext3 is, which means that
> going to some other FS that offers you CRC means you're now exposing
> yourself to the possibility of issues with the FS itself. Not to
> mention that changing filesystems on a large production system is
> very painful.
Actually we had someone on irc yesterday explaining how they were able to run
zfs on debian linux, so that option might be closer than you think.
On a side note, I believe there are a couple of companies that do postgresql
consulting that have pretty good experience running it atop solaris... just
in case you guys ever do want to do a migration or something ;-)
--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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