Re: [HACKERS] All things equal, we are still alot slower then MySQL? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From les@Mars.mcs.net (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject Re: [HACKERS] All things equal, we are still alot slower then MySQL?
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] All things equal, we are still alot slower then MySQL?  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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In article <199909201327.JAA18590@candle.pha.pa.us>,
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
>> 
>> > I am told we are the same as Ingres, and slower than Oracle with no -F,
>> > and faster than Oracle with -F.
>> 
>> What is "-F"?
>> 
>
>-F is postgres option for no-fsync.

Does that matter on read-only selects?

Might some future version of postgresql have an option to turn
off transaction support to match mysql speed for the situations
where that is more important than the ability to roll back?
 Les Mikesell  les@mcs.com


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