Re: when the startup process doesn't

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: when the startup process doesn't
Date: 2021-04-21 21:00:59
Message-ID: 20210421210059.4wsc72us2fuk3r6s@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-04-21 16:55:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> My concern about it was not at all about performance, but that every time
> you write it is a new opportunity for the filesystem to lose or corrupt
> the data.

We already do, sometimes very frequent, control file updates on standbys
to update minRecoveryLSN. I don't recall reports of that causing
corruption issues. So I'd not be too concerned about that aspect?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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