Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:12:11 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning for PostGreSQL Database Message-ID: <20030722121211.27684f49.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20030721201645.GD61464@perrin.int.nxad.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10307191344080.16986-100000@misery.sdf.com> <20030721043501.F14379-100000@walter> <20030721192645.GB61464@perrin.int.nxad.com> <20030721194519.GE55392@nasby.net> <20030721201645.GD61464@perrin.int.nxad.com>
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:16:45 -0700
Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> wrote:
> Well, think about it. What happens when you pull the plug while the
> OS is sitting on a pile of data that it's waiting to flush to disk?
> The problem isn't so much with the WAL logs, so much as it is with the
> actual files that contain the databases/table's data. Any kind of
> volatle backed buffer increases the danger of data loss.
>
> Good solution for these concerns? Get a UPS.
Thats not only a good solution, it's the only solution for mainstream PC
hardware...
Bye,
Alexander.
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