Re: further testing on IDE drives

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Postgresql Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: further testing on IDE drives
Date: 2003-10-14 17:29:40
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0310141128580.2514-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> "scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> writes:
> > open_sync was WAY faster at this than the other two methods.
>
> Do you not have open_datasync? That's the preferred method if
> available.

Nope, when I try to start postgresql with it set to that, I get this error
message:

FATAL: invalid value for "wal_sync_method": "open_datasync"

This is on RedHat 9, but I have the same problem on a RH 7.2 box as well.

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