From 1b1d9548f98dc9b7afa4f538b483dba6a52f08ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Natalia Ivakina Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 12:41:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Refine filesystem requirements --- modules/ROOT/pages/installation/requirements.adoc | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/installation/requirements.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/installation/requirements.adoc index 228a3d994..b467f456f 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/installation/requirements.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/installation/requirements.adoc @@ -113,9 +113,12 @@ For more information on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle, refer to their link [[deployment-requirements-filesystem]] == Filesystem -For proper ACID behavior, the filesystem must support flush (_fsync_, _fdatasync_). -Since databases can put a high and consistent load on a storage system for a long time, it is recommended to use a file system that has good aging characteristics. -The EXT4 and XFS are the **only** supported file systems. +For proper ACID behavior, the filesystem must support flush operations such as _fsync_ and _fdatasync_. +Since databases can place a high and consistent load on a storage system for long periods, it is recommended to use a filesystem with strong aging characteristics. + +On Linux systems, a POSIX-compliant filesystem is required. +Network shares such as NFS do not meet this POSIX requirement. +The only supported filesystems on Linux are EXT4 and XFS. See xref:performance/linux-file-system-tuning.adoc[Linux file system tuning] for details on how to configure the filesystem in Linux for optimal performance.