| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: sync vs. fsync question |
| Date: | 2004-06-01 01:48:59 |
| Message-ID: | 200406010148.i511mxJ17994@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had this question posed to me on IRC and I didn't know the answer.
>
> If all that is needed to ensure integrity is that the WAL is fsynced,
> what is wrong with just going:
>
> wal_sync_method = fsync
> fsync = false
wal_sync_method is only used if fsync is true.
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