Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew - Supernews
Subject Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method
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In response to Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method  ("Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>)
Responses Re: Simplifying wal_sync_method
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On 2005-08-09, "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> wrote:
> ... or iDE disks with write cache enabled. I've certainly seen more than
> what I'd call 1% (though I haven't studied it to be sure) that's because
> of write-cached disks...

Every SCSI disk I've looked at recently has had write cache enabled by
default, fwiw.

Turning it off isn't quite the performance killer that it is on IDE, of
course, but it is there.

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