Re: Standbys which don't synch to disk?

Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>> It's already possible to set fsync=off on the standby if you want. If
>> there is an OS-level crash you'll need to rebuild the standby, but in
>> some cases that may be acceptable.

> ... The one other thing would be the
> ability not to fsync the master, which would come out of the whole
> "stream from buffers" patch which Fujii was working on. Fujii, is that
> still something you're working on?

Huh? Surely you can just set fsync=off on the master if you feel like
it. Data integrity not guaranteed, of course, but if you don't care...

regards, tom lane