Re: [HACKERS] Added documentation about caching, reliability

Applied. Thanks.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 14:26 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I have added a section to the top of the WAL docs explaining caching and
> > reliability issues:
> >
> > http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/reliability.html
> >
> > I also renamed the chapter "Reilability" rather than "WAL."
> >
>
> I submitted a patch last week that builds further on Bruce's changes.
> [Docs for PITR and full_page_writes interaction, 2 Oct]
>
> The patch includes:
>
> 1. Minor rewording of the case that Bruce refers to "recovery" and I
> have differentiated the cases of crash recovery and PITR. The
> corresponding section of the backup chapter has also been changed to
> include a short discussion on full_page_writes and WAL compression, with
> a link back to the WAL section.
>
> 2. Merged the 1st and 2nd sects of Reliability into a single section.
> The 1st section was only a single paragraph and so that improves
> readability. I've freshened that section, since it has not been updated
> since 7.1 and currently still reads as if WAL has just been released.
>
> 3. I've updated the section on WAL configuration with further WAL
> related comments and clarifications. These relate to full_page_writes
> and appropriate settings of wal_buffers to match.
>
> Best Regards, Simon Riggs
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives?
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org
>

--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 359-1001
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road
+ Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073