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