Re: fsync or fdatasync

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: fsync or fdatasync
Date: 2002-09-09 15:35:12
Message-ID: 20020909083333.A13345-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Gaetano Mendola wrote:

> Hi all,
> apparently the default value for wal_sync_method is fsync,
> and apparently the best method is fdatasync.
> There is any special consideration for not use the fdatasync
> as default ?

IIRC, there were systems that did not have a functional
fdatasync.

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