Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:12:57AM +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> > Javier Somoza schrieb:
> > >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > Is it secure to disable fsync havin battery-backed disk cache?
> > >
> > > Thx
> > >
> > No. fsync moves the data from OS memory cache to disk-adaptor
> > cache which is required to benefit from battery backup.
>
> More importantly, in guarantees that data is committed to non-volatile
> storage in such a way that PostgreSQL can recover from a crash without
> corruption.
>
> If you have a battery-backed controller and turn on write caching you
> shouldn't see much effect from fsync anyway.
We do mention battery-backed cache in our docs:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/wal.html
If it is unclear, please let us know.
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