Re: Standbys which don't synch to disk? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Standbys which don't synch to disk?
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Msg-id 2027.1305136807@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Standbys which don't synch to disk?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> It's already possible to set fsync=off on the standby if you want.  If
>> there is an OS-level crash you'll need to rebuild the standby, but in
>> some cases that may be acceptable.

> ...  The one other thing would be the
> ability not to fsync the master, which would come out of the whole
> "stream from buffers" patch which Fujii was working on.  Fujii, is that
> still something you're working on?

Huh?  Surely you can just set fsync=off on the master if you feel like
it.  Data integrity not guaranteed, of course, but if you don't care...
        regards, tom lane


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