Re: 12 Silver Bullets - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Greg Smith
Subject Re: 12 Silver Bullets
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.64.0708160314300.18419@westnet.com
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In response to Re: 12 Silver Bullets  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: 12 Silver Bullets  ("vincent" <vinny@xs4all.nl>)
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Simon Riggs wrote:

>> 2. Robust transactional ACID behavior under all circumstances
> Async commit changes that, since it relaxes the Durability aspect.

And one can wreak havoc right now if you turn fsync off.  Maybe the
wording may need to be tweaked here.  The disclaimer in the detailed
document is "barring hardware failure or grossly improper configuration".
If you expected ACID, but used Async commit, that certainly falls into the
improper configuration category.

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* Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

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