Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:34:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru> Cc: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD database server questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10008150833410.27583-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151442390.32418-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Max Khon wrote: > > Also, what about softupdates? As I understand it, softupdates is like > > async writes except the writes are re-ordered so as to prevent the disk > > from ever being left in a corrupt state. Is it possible for this > > delaying and re-ordering to interfere with a RDBMS's ACIDity? Should I > > stick with sync writes for the RDBMS space? > > no, no Actualy, softupdates are irrelevant for an RDMS. Softupdates deal with metadata only. Once the database files have been created on your disk, you are pretty much done with metadata. > /fjoe Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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