| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jerry Jelinek <jerry(dot)jelinek(at)joyent(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: patch to allow disable of WAL recycling |
| Date: | 2019-03-06 18:10:43 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmobGUUrnbYevMhU+6NovtHY74iGpZGknDLe4SP7XnRiwsg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 1:02 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Well, I don't have a problem reading long texts; my problem is that I'm
> unable to argue as quickly.
That's my secret weapon... except that it's not much of a secret.
> I do buy your argument, though (if reluctantly); in particular I was
> worried to offer a parameter (to turn off zero-filling of segments) that
> would enable dangerous behavior, but then I realized we also have
> fsync=off of which the same thing can be said. So I agree we should
> have two GUCs, properly explained, with a warning where appropriate.
OK, thanks.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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