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 -- Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com
