Re: fsync or fdatasync

From: Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: fsync or fdatasync
Date: 2002-09-09 16:30:25
Message-ID: 20020909123025.I15959@mail.libertyrms.com
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On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 11:19:50AM +0200, Gaetano Mendola wrote:
> Hi all,
> apparently the default value for wal_sync_method is fsync,
> and apparently the best method is fdatasync.
^^^^^^^^^^
On which platform? There are all sorts of variables to consider
here, most notably whether the given platform happens to support
fdatasync.

I have found that on some platforms, open_datasync is faster than
anything.

But you can certainly use fdatasync if your platform supports it.

A

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