> Right, which is also an accurate description of its behavior on OS X,
> as well as Linux (if you didn't change hdparm settings). So the real
> question here is what's the point of treating Windows differently.
So, sounds like we should continue treating fsync_writethrough the same
as we have been, and maybe add a doc patch covering some of the above?
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