Re: Final(?) proposal for wal_sync_method changes
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-12-08T00:13:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes: >> Right, which is also an accurate description of its behavior on OS X, >> as well as Linux (if you didn't change hdparm settings). So the real >> question here is what's the point of treating Windows differently. > So, sounds like we should continue treating fsync_writethrough the same > as we have been, and maybe add a doc patch covering some of the above? Yeah, this patch is shaping up to be about five lines of code change and a hundred of docs ... regards, tom lane