Re: 7.0.3(nofsync) vs 7.1

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.0.3(nofsync) vs 7.1
Date: 2000-12-09 07:53:18
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20001209185318.02c89c20@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 16:27 9/12/00 +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>It might be interesting
>moving data/pg_xlog to a separate disk drive and see how it performs
>better.

Good idea. One of the fundamental rules with Dec/RDB is to put the
XLOG-equivant on a different drive from *any* database-related file.
Another setting you might consider is 'fsync-every-n-commits'.

The different drive provides enhanced recoverability as well as enhanced
performance.

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