Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Well, now the chapter is about WAL and reliability, so I thought > > reliability hit both topics. Also, maybe we should consider moving > > this FAQ item into the docs: > > > > <H3><A name="3.7">3.7</A>) What computer hardware should I > > use?</H3> > > Hardware choice and configuration are important topics, but neither of > these are strongly tied to either WAL or Reliability. Reliability is > the property (not a "feature") of a system to do what you meant for it > to do. Certainly WAL contributes to that by increasing tolerance > against hardware failures, but it still seems to be a rather > far-fetched connection to pair these two. > > I could see hardware issues being discussed in chapter 16, since we > already have operating system and kernel configuration there, and it's > the chapter a user will read when setting up a server system. > > I was never all that happy with the WAL chapter, since, as you say, it > doesn't seem to be a first-class user-level feature. I'd be happy to > integrate it into another chapter, but I'm not sure where.
Sure, I am looking for suggestions. My relabeling at least fixes that, but feel free to move things around and relabel them. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
