Re: fsync

From: Stephen Robert Norris <srn(at)commsecure(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Mark Lubratt <mark(dot)lubratt(at)indeq(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: fsync
Date: 2004-03-16 22:50:35
Message-ID: 1079477434.5713.0.camel@ws12.commsecure.com.au
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On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 06:58, Mark Lubratt wrote:
> OK. I'm getting a little confused.
>
> I have two mirrored SCSI drives on our production server. For the
> safest operation, do I want fsync=true? Or fsync=false? Or just the
> default?
>
> Thanks!
> Mark

For any sort of recoverability after a crash, you need fsync on. That
should be the default for any sane filesystem build...

Stephen

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