Re: [HACKERS] fsync method checking

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, markw(at)osdl(dot)org
Cc: manfred(at)colorfullife(dot)com, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, Q(at)ping(dot)be, markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] fsync method checking
Date: 2004-03-25 19:10:55
Message-ID: 200403251110.55889.josh@agliodbs.com
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Bruce,

> We don't actually extend the WAL file during writes (preallocated), and
> the access/modification timestamp is only in seconds, so I wonder of the
> OS only updates the inode once a second. What else would change in the
> inode more frequently than once a second?

What about really big writes, when WAL files are getting added/recycled?

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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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