Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:26:43 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> To: Jason Stone <freebsd-performance@dfmm.org> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning for PostGreSQL Database Message-ID: <20030721192643.GD55392@nasby.net> In-Reply-To: <20030721043501.F14379-100000@walter> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10307191344080.16986-100000@misery.sdf.com> <20030721043501.F14379-100000@walter>
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 05:06:47AM -0700, Jason Stone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > Softupdates on, async off. Softupdates is just a better async. > > postgresql fsync's all its files before returning from a commit in order > to ensure durability, right? Does softupdates interfere with the > functioning of sync(2)/fsync(2)? No, afaik it only fsync's the write-ahead-logs. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant jim@nasby.net Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
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