Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:03:07 +0000 From: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: Jason Stone <freebsd-performance@dfmm.org> Subject: Re: Tuning for PostGreSQL Database Message-ID: <20030722120307.GA59423@technokratis.com> In-Reply-To: <3F1D2208.2124.52B03E6A@localhost> References: <20030721192645.GB61464@perrin.int.nxad.com> <3F1D2208.2124.52B03E6A@localhost>
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 11:37:44AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > On 21 Jul 2003 at 20:35, Jason Stone wrote: > > > I feel like this is an extremely important point. If softupdates changes > > the semantics of sync(2)/fsync(2), then it absolutely has to be off for a > > postgresql server because postgresql counts on fsync in order to make its > > durability guarantees. > > If this means all FreeBSD-PostgreSQL users need to change their > setup, we need to do something ASAP. I'd first recommend getting the > confirmation from the PostgreSQL team, then adjusting the PostgreSQL > documenation and the FreeBSD port. > > Does anyone feel this is urgent enough that they'll do something > about it? > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ You sound like you know exactly what's involved. :-) -- Bosko Milekic * bmilekic@technokratis.com * bmilekic@FreeBSD.org TECHNOkRATIS Consulting Services * http://www.technokratis.com/
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