"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would testing in the WAL directory be sufficient? Or at least better > than nothing? Of course we could test in the database directories as > well, but you never know if stuff's been symlinked elsewhere... err, we > can test for that, no? > > In any case, it seems like it'd be good to try to test and throw a > warning if the drive appears to be caching or if we think the test might > not cover everything (ie symlinks in the data directory).
I think it would make more sense to write the test as a separate utility program--then the sysadmin can check the disks he cares about. I don't personally see the need to burden the backend with this. -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly