wscott.marlowe wrote: > > If you use "intr" then this type of thing can happen. Lots of programs assume > > the unix semantics for disk accesses. You can get all kinds of bugs when > > they're violated. > > > > If you use "soft" then the consequences can be much much worse. If your > > fileserver were to reboot you could silently lose disk writes corrupting your > > database. > > What if the WAL was local on disk, and the data was going to nfs storage, > would that be safe, or saferer? :-)
Not sure --- we do a sync() on the entire machine before recycling the WAL logs. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
