Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > TODO has: > * Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching > Should the item be removed?
I think it's fine ;-) ... it says "consider it", not "do it". The point is that we could do with more research in this area, even if O_DIRECT per se is not useful. Maybe you could generalize the entry to "investigate ways of fine-tuning OS caching behavior". regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster