pgsql-server: Add: > > * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync > >

From: momjian(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql-server: Add: > > * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync > >
Date: 2004-08-14 01:30:55
Message-ID: 20040814013055.33A595E46CA@svr1.postgresql.org
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Add:

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> * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync
>
> Instead of guaranteeing recovery of all committed transactions, this
> would provide improved performance by delaying WAL writes and fsync
> so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
> committed transactions but still be consistent. We could perhaps
> remove the 'fsync' parameter (which results in an an inconsistent
> database) in favor of this capability.

Modified Files:
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pgsql-server/doc:
TODO (r1.1328 -> r1.1329)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/doc/TODO.diff?r1=1.1328&r2=1.1329)

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