> > The page images are not needed and can be thrown away once the page is
> > completely sync'ed to disk or a checkpoint happens.
> 
> Actually they should at least be kept another few seconds to allow "stupid"
> disks to actually write the pages :-) But see previous mail, they can also 
> help with various BAR restore solutions.

Agreed.  They have to be kept a few seconds.

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