Re: pg_dump, pg_dumpall and data durability

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump, pg_dumpall and data durability
Date: 2017-03-21 22:00:23
Message-ID: CAB7nPqR=hUMk4HuHXSG=qO35vOEYue-98GPS_5Mp=REOSJva7A@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Andrew Dunstan
<andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> This is really a pretty small patch all things considered, and pretty
> low-risk (although I haven;t been threough the code in fine detail yet).
> In the end I'm persuaded by Andres' point that there's actually no
> practical alternative way to make sure the data is actually synced to disk.
>
> If nobody else wants to pick it up I will, unless there is a strong
> objection.

Thanks!
--
Michael

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