From: | "Boersenspielteam" <boersenspiel(at)vocalweb(dot)de> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Problem with the numbers I reported yesterday |
Date: | 1998-02-12 15:41:45 |
Message-ID: | 199802121443.PAA22726@www.vocalweb.de |
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Hi,
perhaps a stupid question:
What will happen, if you start PostgreSQL with -F and write a script
which is a loop that fsyncs every 2 seconds? Does this lead to a
database which is "almost" correct? Does this seem like a good
compromise?
> > I ran my performance tests some more times and it seems the numbers are not
> > really comparable. When I run PostgreSQL without -F I get a sync after every
> > insert. With -F I get no sync at all as all inserts fit well into the
> > buffer. However, Oracle in comparison does sync. Simply hearing the disk
> > access it seems as if they sync every two or three seconds.
> >
> > Does anyone know a way to really check both DBMSs?
>
> Many dbms's do buffered logging, that is they sync after the buffer gets
> full or after a minute or so. We have the logic to add buffered logging
> to PostgreSQL and will be doing it later. Right now, we only have
> non-buffered logging, and no logging.
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian
> maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
>
>
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