Re: Re: Recovery of PGSQL after system crash failing!!!

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: thomas(at)pgsql(dot)com
Cc: Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql(at)rkirkpat(dot)net>, "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>, "'Zeugswetter Andreas SB'" <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Recovery of PGSQL after system crash failing!!!
Date: 2001-02-14 02:40:07
Message-ID: 200102140240.VAA24586@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Since there is a fundamental recovery problem if the WAL file
> disappears, then perhaps we should have a workaround which can ignore
> the requirement for that file on startup? Or maybe we do already?
> Vadim??
>
> Also, could the "-F" option be disabled now that WAL is enabled? Or is
> there still some reason to encourage/allow folks to use it?

The system still fsyncs, so -F is still useful, I think.

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