Re: Re: New Linux xfs/reiser file systems

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kaare Rasmussen <kar(at)webline(dot)dk>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: New Linux xfs/reiser file systems
Date: 2001-05-04 16:50:39
Message-ID: 200105041650.f44Godm24867@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > Sure, we can do that now. What do we do when these are the default file
> > systems for Linux? We can tell them to create other types of file
>
> What is a 'default file system' ? I know that untill now, everybody is using
> ext2. But that's only because there hasn't been anything comparable. Now we
> se ReiserFS, and my SuSE installation offers the choice. In the future, I
> believe that people can choose from ext2, ReiserFS,xfs, ext3 and maybe more.

But some day the default will be a log-based file system, and people
will have to hunt around to create a non-log based one.

> > systems, but that is a pretty big hurdle. I wonder if it would be
> > easier to get reiser/xfs to make some modifications.
>
> No, I don't think it's a big hurdle. If you just want to play with
> PostgreSQL, you wont care. If you're serious, you'll repartition.

Yes, but we could get a reputation for slowness on these log-based file
systems.

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