Re: [PATCHES] Disable WAL backup pages when fsync is off

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
Russell Smith wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 03:51 pm, Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > The following patch disables WAL backup pages when fsync is off. > > > > This is a good idea why? > > > If it is, why do we write wal at all if fsync is off? Good question. WAL is to recover the

Re: [PATCHES] Disable WAL backup pages when fsync is off

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > The following patch disables WAL backup pages when fsync is off. > > This is a good idea why? There is no need to write backup pages if fsync is off. Our TODO has: * Turn off after-change writes if fsync is disabled If fsync is off

Re: [PATCHES] Disable WAL backup pages when fsync is off

2005-07-02 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > The following patch disables WAL backup pages when fsync is off. This is a good idea why? regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister comma

[PATCHES] Disable WAL backup pages when fsync is off

2005-07-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
The following patch disables WAL backup pages when fsync is off. -- 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.| Newtow