| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Running with fsync=off |
| Date: | 2005-12-28 19:58:40 |
| Message-ID: | 21388.1135799920@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu> writes:
> But in our 7.4.x, there is code like this:
> sync();
> if (IsUnderPostmaster)
> sleep(2);
> sync();
I'm not claiming that that code is correct; it is in fact just as broken
as the traditional custom. You'll notice we don't have it anymore ;-)
> Why wasting 2 seconds is enough to save the data?
It's not. The entire custom is and always has been bogus.
regards, tom lane
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