On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:44:24AM +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > >This would apply to only a single relation, so would be just as > >efficient a write to the database as to WAL. The proposed route is to > >sync to the database, but not to WAL, thus halving the required I/O. > > > >Yes, its designed for large data loads. > > > A question - would setting fsync=off while restoring a multi-gig dump > (during an upgrade) improve performance?
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