Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] no universally correct setting for fsync

2010-05-07 Thread Josh Berkus
Folks, This is what I have to replace the current fsync entry in config.sgml. I believe that the note about needing fsync for Warm Standby to work correctly is true, but could someone verify it? = fsync configuration parameter fsync (bool

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] no universally correct setting for fsync

2010-05-07 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus writes: > This is what I have to replace the current fsync entry in config.sgml. s/unexpected shutdown/system crash/, perhaps. The wording you have suggests that a forced Postgres stoppage produces a problem, which it doesn't. It takes a failure at the OS level or below to cause a p

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] no universally correct setting for fsync

2010-05-07 Thread Josh Berkus
On 5/7/10 5:13 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus writes: >> This is what I have to replace the current fsync entry in config.sgml. > > s/unexpected shutdown/system crash/, perhaps. The wording you have > suggests that a forced Postgres stoppage produces a problem, which it > doesn't. It takes a