From: | Wayne Piekarski <wayne(at)senet(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | wayne(at)senet(dot)com(dot)au (Wayne Piekarski) |
Cc: | hannu(at)trust(dot)ee, wayne(at)senet(dot)com(dot)au, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Update on my 6.4.2 progress |
Date: | 1999-06-21 09:11:42 |
Message-ID: | 199906210911.SAA29246@helpdesk.senet.com.au |
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> > > I guess my next question is, can i comment out the fsync call?
> >
> > if you ar confident in your os and hardware, you can
> > pass the -F flag to backend and no fsyncs are done.
> >
> > (add -o '-F' to postmaster startup line)
> >
> > I think it is in some faq too.
>
> I already have the -o -F switch in the startup file (which I believe is
> working) but I'm under the impression from what I read that there are two
> fsync's - one you can switch off, and one which is fixed into the code
> and possibly can't be removed?
Eeeep! When I wrote the above, I was mistaken. My config file did not have
-o -F, which was why the fsync's were occuring. Sorry for messing you
around here ....
What I was concerned about was the lack of caching and thrashing, but I
guess I can solve that with no fsync.
thanks,
Wayne
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