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From momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian)
Subject pgsql-server: Add: > > * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync > >
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Msg-id 20040814013055.33A595E46CA@svr1.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: pgsql-server: Add: > > * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync > >  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync
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>   Instead of guaranteeing recovery of all committed transactions, this
>   would provide improved performance by delaying WAL writes and fsync
>   so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
>   committed transactions but still be consistent.  We could perhaps
>   remove the 'fsync' parameter (which results in an an inconsistent
>   database) in favor of this capability.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql-server/doc:
        TODO (r1.1328 -> r1.1329)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/doc/TODO.diff?r1=1.1328&r2=1.1329)

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