* Greg Stark: > Wal logged changes are safe because of full_page_writes. Hint bits are > safe because either the old or the new value will be on disk and we > don't care which.
Is this really true with all disks? IBM's DTLA disks didn't behave that way (an interrupted write could zero a sector), and I think the text book algorithms don't assume this behavior, either. -- Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
