Re: [PATCHES] O_DIRECT for WAL writes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: [PATCHES] O_DIRECT for WAL writes
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Msg-id 87vf3dw59z.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] O_DIRECT for WAL writes  ("Jeffrey W. Baker" <jwb@gghcwest.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] O_DIRECT for WAL writes  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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"Jeffrey W. Baker" <jwb@gghcwest.com> writes:

> The batteries on a caching RAID controller can run for days at a
> stretch.  It's not as dangerous as people make it sound.  And anyone
> running PG on software RAID is crazy.

Get back to us after your first hardware failure when your vendor says the
power supply you need is on backorder and won't be available for 48 hours...

(And what's your problem with software raid anyways?)

-- 
greg



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