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Re: [PATCH] Revert default wal_sync_method to fdatasync on Linux 2.6.33+ - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: [PATCH] Revert default wal_sync_method to fdatasync on Linux 2.6.33+
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Msg-id 4CD481AA.6030407@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Revert default wal_sync_method to fdatasync on Linux 2.6.33+  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Revert default wal_sync_method to fdatasync on Linux 2.6.33+
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> I think the original idea was that if you had a dedicated WAL drive then
> sync-on-write would be reasonable.  But that was a very long time ago
> and I'm not sure that the system's behavior is anything like what it was
> then; for that matter I'm not sure we had proof that it was an optimal
> choice even back then.  That's why I want to revisit the choice of
> default and not just go for "minimum" change.

What plaforms do we need to test to get a reasonable idea? Solaris,
FreeBSD, Windows?

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