Re: [HACKERS] Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating

2007-12-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > Should this mention that you don't need to turn it off at the disk level > > > if > > > you use fsync_writethrough? > > > > Uh, I remember we looked at this checkbox before but I don't remember > > the details, and I can't find a comment about it. Was the issue that

Re: [HACKERS] Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating

2007-12-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:09:51AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If you set it to fsync or fsync_writethrough it will write through the > > cache. > > Really? How much should we trust that? I'd say as much as we shuold trust that checkbox in the Windows

Re: [HACKERS] Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating

2007-12-11 Thread Tom Lane
Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you set it to fsync or fsync_writethrough it will write through the > cache. Really? How much should we trust that? regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versi

Re: [HACKERS] Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating

2007-12-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:18:42AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Magnus Hagander wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 02:05:05PM +, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Log Message: > > > --- > > > Document how to turn off disk write cache on popular operating systems. > > > > > > Modified Files: