Re: Re: Recovery of PGSQL after system crash failing!!!

> Tom Lane writes:
> 
> > Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> > > Also, could the "-F" option be disabled now that WAL is enabled? Or is
> > > there still some reason to encourage/allow folks to use it?
> >
> > I was the one who put it back in after Vadim turned it off ;-) ... and
> > I'll object to any attempt to remove the option.
> 
> The description should be updated though:
> http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/runtime-config.htm#RUNTIME-CONFIG-GENERAL
> 
> I guess a lot of people have heard the rumour "PG 7.1 offers no-fsync
> performance with fsync turned on" and extrapolated "Imagine what it can do
> if I turn off fsync anyway."

That is a very subtle point, and one I can imagine many people
incorrectly assuming.

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