Re: performance problem - 10.000 databases

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Marek Florianczyk <franki(at)tpi(dot)pl>
Cc: Jeff <threshar(at)torgo(dot)978(dot)org>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: performance problem - 10.000 databases
Date: 2003-11-06 15:17:45
Message-ID: 19628.1068131865@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Marek Florianczyk <franki(at)tpi(dot)pl> writes:
> W licie z czw, 06-11-2003, godz. 15:37, Jeff pisze:
>> I would *STRONGLY* advise not running with fsync=false in production as
>> PG _CANNOT_ guaruntee data consistancy in the event of a hardware
>> failure. It would sure suck to have a power failure screw up your nice
>> db for the users!

> Sure I know, but with WAL it will make fsync every some? seconds, right?

No. fsync = false turns off fsync of WAL. It's okay for development
but not when you actually care about integrity of your data.

regards, tom lane

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