Re: [GENERAL] Re: What's WAL
Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin@texoma.net>
From: Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin@texoma.net>
To: James Thompson <jamest@math.ksu.edu>
Cc: Christian Rudow <Christian.Rudow@thinx.ch>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@hub.org>
Date: 1999-10-22T16:26:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hello, Thanks, Yes, the Illuminati has spoken. :) The quote is from Vadim in the "Re: [GENERAL] Postgres INSERTs much slower than MySQL?" thread. After I sent my message and continued reading the new messages in my box, I read the post to which you refer. Now the intrigue is over. I are educated. :) I was not aware that DejaNews had the postgresql mailing lists. I'll have to look into this. Thanks. Jimmie Houchin James Thompson wrote: > > > Thanks for the opportunity for fun off topic banter. Now back to the > > show. I'll keep an eye on the Illuminati and maybe one of them will slip > > and reveal the meaning of the Great WAL of PostgreSQL. :) > > > > I pulled this from dejanews as the postgresql list archieve search is > down. I have no idea who said it...... > > WAL is Write Ahead Log, transaction logging. This will reduce # of fsyncs > (among other things) Postgres has to perform now. > > ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->---<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-< > James Thompson 138 Cardwell Hall Manhattan, Ks 66506 785-532-0561 > Kansas State University Department of Mathematics > ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->---<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<