John A Meinel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So pg_xlog is really only needed for a dirty shutdown. So what about the > idea of having pg_xlog on a ramdisk that is syncronized periodically to > a real disk.
Well, if "periodically" means "at every transaction commit", that's pretty much what we do now. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match