| From: | James Thompson <jamest(at)math(dot)ksu(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin(at)texoma(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Christian Rudow <Christian(dot)Rudow(at)thinx(dot)ch>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Re: What's WAL |
| Date: | 1999-10-22 16:05:52 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.10.9910221103410.1757-100000@hobbes.math.ksu.edu |
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> Thanks for the opportunity for fun off topic banter. Now back to the
> show. I'll keep an eye on the Illuminati and maybe one of them will slip
> and reveal the meaning of the Great WAL of PostgreSQL. :)
>
I pulled this from dejanews as the postgresql list archieve search is
down. I have no idea who said it......
WAL is Write Ahead Log, transaction logging. This will reduce # of fsyncs
(among other things) Postgres has to perform now.
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