Greg, > This is interesting, because test_fsync consistently reported a rate of > about half this when using open_datasync instead of the equal > performance I'm getting from the database. I'll see if I can reproduce > that further, but it's no reason to be concerned about the change that's > been made I think. Just more evidence that test_fsync has quirks left > to be sorted out. But that's not backbranch material, it should be part > of 9.1 only refactoring, already in progress via the patch Josh > submitted. There's a bit of time left to get that done.
Did you rerun test_sync with O_DIRECT entabled, using my patch? The figures you had from test_fsync earlier were without O_DIRECT. -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers