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		candiddevmike on June 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to get the most out of Postgres memory setting... Why did you choose to run PG on ZFS? DBs on CoW FS aren't usually ideal.

rtp4me on June 12, 2024 [–]

We were running very large storage volumes in Azure (+2TB) and wanted to leverage ZFS compression to save money. After running some performance testing, we landed on a good balance of PGSQL and ZFS options that worked well for us.

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