Re: Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating
Date: 2007-12-11 15:09:51
Message-ID: 7971.1197385791@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> If you set it to fsync or fsync_writethrough it will write through the
> cache.

Really? How much should we trust that?

regards, tom lane

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