* Josh Berkus: > Our documentation has been clear, back to version 7.0, that turning > fsync=off carries the risk that you will have to recreate your entire > database in the event of unexpected shutdown. That's not new.
The documentation does not say this. Instead, there's the following rather explicit explanation that only OS crashes matter: | (Crashes of the database software itself are not a risk factor | here. Only an operating-system-level crash creates a risk of | corruption.) If it really matters how PostgreSQL is shut down in "fsync = off" mode (while the operating system keeps running), the documentation is seriously wrong here. -- Florian Weimer <fwei...@bfk.de> 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
