Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method

From: Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews(at)supernews(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method
Date: 2005-08-09 19:21:33
Message-ID: slrndfi0ht.bj3.andrew+nonews@trinity.supernews.net
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On 2005-08-09, "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> wrote:
> ... or iDE disks with write cache enabled. I've certainly seen more than
> what I'd call 1% (though I haven't studied it to be sure) that's because
> of write-cached disks...

Every SCSI disk I've looked at recently has had write cache enabled by
default, fwiw.

Turning it off isn't quite the performance killer that it is on IDE, of
course, but it is there.

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Andrew, Supernews
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