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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:46:06 +0700 (NSS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD database server questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151442390.32418-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20000814181031.B13301@grok.localnet>

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hi, there!

On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Steve Reid wrote:

> I will soon be setting up a database (among other things, for now)
> server running FreeBSD 4.1-R. This will be doing the usual web-type
> transaction processing.
> 
> Any tips? Specifically...
> 
> I'd prefer to run an open-source RDBMS; PostgreSQL and Interbase look
> like the contenders (I'm not interested in MySQL). First-hand
> experiences? I'll probably end up testing them both but if there's
> anything specific I should be watching out for I'd like to know
> beforehand.

we have found database corruption in PostgreSQL 7.0.2 running
under FreeBSD 3.5 (and 4.x) when using secondary keys in our tables.

> Also, what about softupdates? As I understand it, softupdates is like
> async writes except the writes are re-ordered so as to prevent the disk
> from ever being left in a corrupt state. Is it possible for this
> delaying and re-ordering to interfere with a RDBMS's ACIDity? Should I
> stick with sync writes for the RDBMS space?

no, no

/fjoe



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