Re: Re: Recovery of PGSQL after system crash failing!!! - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: Recovery of PGSQL after system crash failing!!!
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Msg-id 200102140240.VAA24586@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Recovery of PGSQL after system crash failing!!!  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
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> Since there is a fundamental recovery problem if the WAL file
> disappears, then perhaps we should have a workaround which can ignore
> the requirement for that file on startup? Or maybe we do already?
> Vadim??
> 
> Also, could the "-F" option be disabled now that WAL is enabled? Or is
> there still some reason to encourage/allow folks to use it?

The system still fsyncs, so -F is still useful, I think.

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