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Re: File Systems Compared


  • From: Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de>
  • To: Brian Wipf <brian(at)clickspace(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: File Systems Compared
  • Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:44:23 +0100
  • Message-id: <82bqmh3rfc(dot)fsf(at)mid(dot)bfk(dot)de>

* Brian Wipf:

> Anyone run their RAIDs with disk caches enabled, or is this akin to
> having fsync off?

If your cache is backed by a battery, enabling write cache shouldn't
be a problem.  You can check if the whole thing is working well by
running this test script: <http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html>

Enabling write cache leads to various degrees of data corruption in
case of a power outage (possibly including file system corruption
requiring manual recover).

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Florian Weimer                <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de>
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