Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: "Vince Vielhaber" <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, "Katie Ward" <kward(at)peerdirect(dot)com>, "Curtis Faith" <curtis(at)galtcapital(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System
Date: 2003-01-29 17:11:54
Message-ID: 27383.1043860314@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>> Aside from load testing as suggested by Vince, I'd be
>> interested to hear what happens when you pull the power cord
>> under load (repeatedly). This would give some evidence about
>> the robustness of the Windows filesystem and its ability to
>> emulate Unix sync semantics.

> OK, I can maybe do some testing on that next week (I'm off for a few
> days from today). Is there anything in particular I should look out for,
> or that you would want tested?

Make sure your test load includes lots of updating queries, and look for
database corruption --- bad data, duplicated rows, lost rows, that sort
of thing.

regards, tom lane

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