Thread: Re: Changing the default wal_sync_method to open_sync for

Re: Changing the default wal_sync_method to open_sync for

From

"Dave Page"

Date:

17 March 2005, 12:12:24


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Marc
> G. Fournier
> Sent: 17 March 2005 05:32
> To: Bruce Momjian
> Cc: Magnus Hagander; Tom Lane; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org;
> pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org; Merlin Moncure
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default wal_sync_method
> to open_sync for
>
> Considering how stable an Operating System Windows *isn't*

And the last time you ran a 2K/2K3 box was?....

No offence, but my 15 or so servers in that category have had less
downtime in total over the last 12 months than a certain cluster of
FreeBSD boxes I can think of, excluding network provider related
problems of course.

Regards, Dave.

Re: Changing the default wal_sync_method to open_sync for

From

"Marc G. Fournier"

Date:

17 March 2005, 21:11:21

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Dave Page wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
>> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Marc
>> G. Fournier
>> Sent: 17 March 2005 05:32
>> To: Bruce Momjian
>> Cc: Magnus Hagander; Tom Lane; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org;
>> pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org; Merlin Moncure
>> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default wal_sync_method
>> to open_sync for
>>
>> Considering how stable an Operating System Windows *isn't*
>
> And the last time you ran a 2K/2K3 box was?....

Actually, I will get Microsoft credit with their work on XP, I have been
impressed with it ...

Personally, I don't like the idea of making 'less data security' the
default on any platform ...

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