Theodore Petrosky wrote: > I just upgraded to system 10.2.2 for Mac OSX. I saw in > the documentation that they have added a new > Journaling File System so on a lark I turned it on. > > I see that when postgresql is starting up it now takes > it quite a while (from about 2 seconds to 12-15 > seconds). I don't see anything else 'weird' however > does anyone have any experience with this kind of > behavior?
Wow, that's a pretty dramatic change. Journalling file systems do cause extra overhead when we fsync the data to the disk, but I wouldn't expect that magnitude of change, and I wouldn't expect it to be during startup. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html