Re: FreeBSD Softupdates??

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: dale(at)icr(dot)com(dot)au
Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net>, PostgreSQL General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Softupdates??
Date: 2000-09-26 21:02:52
Message-ID: 200009262102.RAA27674@candle.pha.pa.us
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Soft updates make file creation/destruction faster. My BSDI system uses
it, and it is clearly faster for interactive use. I never tested
PostgreSQL.

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> >
> > No, softupdates to not affect recovery. Standard PostgreSQL flushes all
> > stuff to disk on transaction commit, and this it not affected by the
> > file system softupdate status.
> >
>
> AAahhh...
>
> yes I see (light goes on in head), this was sort of aluded to in on of
> the responses, but it didn't click.
>
> Therefore, there would be little practical benefit??
>
> I'll try a long series of insert/select/updates and compare.
>
>
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