Re: [PATCH] Revert default wal_sync_method to fdatasync on Linux 2.6.33+

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 20:13, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I'm less than convinced this is the right approach ...
>
> If open_dsync is so bad for performance on Linux, maybe it's bad
> everywhere?  Should we be rethinking the default preference order?

Sure, maybe for PostgreSQL 9.1

But the immediate problem is older releases (8.1 - 9.0) specifically
on Linux. Something as innocuous as re-building your DB on a newer
kernel will radically affect performance -- even when the DB kernel
didn't change.

So I think we should aim to fix old versions first. Do you disagree?

Regards,
Marti