Re: tackling full page writes

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 01:29:05PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > On 05/24/2011 04:34 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
> > I've been looking into a similar refactoring of the names here, where we
> > bundle all of these speed over safety things (fsync, full_page_writes, etc.)
> > into one control so they're easier to turn off at once.  Not sure if it
> > should be named "web_scale" or "do_you_feel_lucky_punk".
>
> Actually, I suggested that same idea to you, or someone, a while back,
> only I was serious. crash_safety=off. I never got around to fleshing
> out the details, though.

clearly:

crash_safety=running_with_scissors

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