On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 14:05, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Idea #4: For ext3 filesystems that like to dump the entire buffer > cache instead of only the requested file, write a little daemon that > runs alongside of (and completely indepdently of) PostgreSQL. Every > 30 s, it opens a 1-byte file, changes the byte, fsyncs the file, and > closes the file, thus dumping the cache and preventing a ridiculous > growth in the amount of data to be sync'd at checkpoint time.
Wouldn't it be easier to just mount in data=writeback mode? This provides a similar level of journaling as most other file systems. Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
