Erik Jones wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Dan Langille wrote:
>
>> We're using PostgreSQL 8.1.11 on AIX 5.3 and we've been doing some
>> playing around
>> with various settings. So far, we've (I say we, but it's another guy
>> doing the work) found
>> that open_datasync seems better than fsync. By how much, we have not
>> yet determined,
>> but initial observations are promising.
>
> Here's a good explanation (by the Greg Smith) on the different sync
> methods. It basically says that if you have open_datasync available,
> it'll probably beat everything else.
Where is that explanation?
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