Re: advice on raid controller - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: advice on raid controller
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Msg-id x71xtyqap0.fsf@yertle.int.kciLink.com
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In response to Re: advice on raid controller  ("Matt Clark" <matt@ymogen.net>)
List pgsql-performance
>>>>> "PG" == Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> writes:

PG> Come to think of it, I guess a battery-backed cache will make fsync as
PG> fast as no fsync, right? So, the q was kinda stoopid... :-/

In my testing, yes, the battery cache makes fsync=true just about as
fast as fsync=false.  it was only about 2 seconds slower (out of 4
hours) while doing a restore.

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