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Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method

Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>

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From: Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Date: 2005-08-08T22:26:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 03:10:54PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Marko,
> > Also, why can't win32 be safe without battery-backed cache?
> > I can't see such requirement on other platforms.
> 
> Read the referenced message again.   It's only an issue if you want to use 
> open_datasync.   fsync_writethrough should be safe.

But thats the point.  Why isn't fsync_writethrough default?

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marko