Re: [firebird-support] Forced writes on Linux?

2016-01-17 Thread Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.com [firebird-support]
On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Tim Ward t...@telensa.com [firebird-support] wrote: > I know the folklore around forced writes > > - turning forced writes on is safer > Not exactly folklore. Firebird doesn't have a journal but instead depends on careful

[firebird-support] Forced writes on Linux?

2016-01-15 Thread Tim Ward t...@telensa.com [firebird-support]
I know the folklore around forced writes - turning forced writes on is safer - turning forced writes on is slower - the safety bit is much more of an issue with Windows than with Linux, to the extent that it used not to work on Linux and nobody noticed for years. But I haven't found any