On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott Marlowe escribió: > >> What is the torn page problem? Note I'm no big fan of compressed file >> systems, but I can't imagine them not working with databases, as I've >> seen them work quite reliably under exhange server running a db >> oriented storage subsystem. And I can't imagine them not being >> invisible to an application, otherwise you'd just be asking for >> trouble. > > Exchange, isn't that the thing that's very prone to corrupted databases? > I've heard lots of horror stories about that (and also about how you > have to defragment the database once in a while, so what kind of > database it really is?) Sure, bash Microsoft it's easy. But it doesn't address the point, is a database safe on top of a compressed file system and if not, why? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
