Re: synchronous commit vs. hint bits

hi,

> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:37 AM, YAMAMOTO Takashi
> <yamt(at)mwd(dot)biglobe(dot)ne(dot)jp> wrote:
>>> Yes, I would expect that. What kind of increase are you seeing? Is
>>> it causing a problem for you, or are you just making an observation?
>>
>> i was curious because my application uses async commits mainly to
>> avoid frequent fsync. i have no numbers right now.
>
> Oh, that's interesting. Why do you want to avoid frequent fsyncs?

simply because it was expensive on my environment.

> I
> thought the point of synchronous_commit=off was to move the fsyncs to
> the background, but not necessarily to decrease the frequency.

it makes sense.
but it's normal for users to abuse features. :)

YAMAMOTO Takashi

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