Re: beta testing version

Nathan Myers <ncm@zembu.com>

From: ncm@zembu.com (Nathan Myers)
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-12-01T19:23:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:13:28PM +1100, Philip Warner wrote:
> 
> You have raised some interesting issues regrading write-order etc. Can we
> assume that when fsync *returns*, all records are written - though not
> necessarily in the order that the IO's were executed?

Not with ordinary disks.  With a battery-backed disk server, yes.

Nathan Myers
ncm@zembu.com