[Pkg-postgresql-private] Re: Bug#234017: postgresql: Please chattr +A the wal-directory

[Martin Pitt]

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Hi!

On 2004-02-21  8:35 +0100, Daniel Migowski wrote:
> Package: postgresql
> Version: 7.4.1-1
> Severity: wishlist
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> As most speed improvement guides state, it is a good idea to=20
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>     chattr -R +A /var/lib/postgres/data/
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> .. This will stop the kernel from writing access times to disk.=20

This might hamper forensic analysis after a break-in, but certainly
will improve the performance a bit. Does anybody see any problem when
doing this? Shall I ask on d-devel before?

Thanks,

Martin

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Martin Pitt                 Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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