Re: [GENERAL] full_page_writes = off? - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] full_page_writes = off?
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Msg-id 200712101451.lBAEpHR19315@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] full_page_writes = off?  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
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Greg Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >     exist for disk controller caches.  Consumer-grade IDE drives are
> >!    particularly likely to have write-back caches that will not survive a
> >!    power failure.  To check write caching on <productname>Linux</> use
> >!    <command>hdparm -I</>;  it is enabled if there is a <literal>*</> next
> >!    to <literal>Write cache</>.  <command>hdparm -W</> can to turn off
> >!    write caching.  On <productname>FreeBSD</> use
>
> I'm not where I can submit this as a patch right now, but there are two
> things that should get fixed in the above:
>
> --Saying "Consumer-grade IDE drives" isn't quite right; "Consumer-grade
> IDE and SATA drives" would correctly label the scope of the problem.
>
> --There's a typo on the next to last line here:  "can to turn off".

Thanks, both done.
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