PostgreSQL on ZFS
What is ZFS. (a paste from wikipedia) ZFS is a combined file system and logical volume manager designed by Sun Microsystems. The features of ZFS include protection against data corruption, support for high storage capacities, efficient data compression, integration of the concepts of filesystem and volume management, snapshots and copy-on-write clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, RAID-Z and native NFSv4 ACLs. Advantages of ZFS. Data integrity guaranteed. ZFS has volume management on filesystem level, this enables copy on write. When a data block changed, it will change its location on the disk before the new write is complete. If you have a crash, that data would be damaged. ZFS does not change the location of the data until the write is verified, which means that your data is safe during a crash. ZFS also use checksums to ensure that all data is correct, every write is tested. ZFS doesn't just protect data with copy on write, it also offers additional