At 03:28 PM 1/8/2009, Merlin Moncure wrote:
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Stefano Nichele
<stefano.nich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure wrote:
>> IIRC that's the 'perc 6ir' card...no write caching. You are getting
>> killed with syncs. If you can restart the database, you can test with
>> fsync=off comparing load to confirm this. (another way is to compare
>> select only vs regular transactions on pgbench).
>
> I'll try next Saturday.
>
just be aware of the danger . hard reset (power off) class of failure
when fsync = off means you are loading from backups.
merlin
That's what redundant power conditioning UPS's are supposed to help prevent ;-)
Merlin is of course absolutely correct that you are taking a bigger
risk if you turn fsync off.
I would not recommend fysnc = off if you do not have other safety
measures in place to protect against data loss because of a power event..
(At least for most DB applications.)
...and of course, those lucky few with bigger budgets can use SSD's
and not care what fsync is set to.
Ron
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