Re: Remove fsync ON/OFF as a visible option? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Remove fsync ON/OFF as a visible option?
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Msg-id 550DC738.4020708@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Remove fsync ON/OFF as a visible option?  (Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>)
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On 03/20/2015 04:11 PM, Jim Nasby wrote:

> As for why; Postgres already has a big reputation for being "hard to
> use" and "hard to setup". Leaving footguns laying around that could
> easily be warned about is part of the reason for that reputation.
> Reality is that there are a lot of people using Postgres that are
> nowhere close to being DBAs and making it easy for them to munch their
> data on accident doesn't help anyone.

Exactly.

JD



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