Greg Stark <st...@mit.edu> writes: > One thing we could do without much worry of being less reliable would be to > keep two copies of pg_control. Write one, fsync, then write to the other > and fsync that one.
Hmm, interesting thought. Without knowing more about the filesystem problem that the OP had, it's hard to tell whether this would have saved us; but in principle it sounds like it would be more reliable. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers