Re: PostgreSQL on VMWare vs Windows vs CoLinux

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
Cc: "Shachar Shemesh" <psql(at)shemesh(dot)biz>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on VMWare vs Windows vs CoLinux
Date: 2004-06-03 03:51:25
Message-ID: 16587.1086234685@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> writes:
> ... Right now the win32 native does
> not sync() (but does fsync()). So, the performance is somewhere between
> fsync = off and fsync = on (probably much closer to fsync = on). It is
> reasonable to assume that the win32 port will outperform the unix
> versions at many tasks (at the expense of safety) until the new sync()
> code is put in.

... which was three days ago. Why are we still speculating?

regards, tom lane

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