Re: WAL documentation changes

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, michael(dot)renner(at)amd(dot)co(dot)at, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL documentation changes
Date: 2008-12-18 22:29:31
Message-ID: 200812182229.mBIMTVA08748@momjian.us
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Kevin Grittner wrote:
> >>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> >> In your document change which one can be placed on non-journalling
> >> file system? data? wal? or both?
> >
> > Both. I have updated the docs to mention this, patch attached.
>
> Did you mean to say that journaled file systems are *not* necessary?

Yes, not needed for database reliablity. The patch text was attached;
was it unclear?

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