Re: [PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-06 Thread Michael Paesold
Bruce Momjian wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: This also adds a full_page_writes GUC to turn off page writes to WAL. Some people might not want full_page_writes. Fsync linkage removed, patch attached and applied. ... + When this option is on, the productnamePostgreSQL/ server + writes

Re: [PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-06 Thread Bruce Momjian
Michael Paesold wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: This also adds a full_page_writes GUC to turn off page writes to WAL. Some people might not want full_page_writes. Fsync linkage removed, patch attached and applied. ... + When this option is on, the

Re: [PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Bruce Momjian wrote: This also adds a full_page_writes GUC to turn off page writes to WAL. Some people might not want full_page_writes. Fsync linkage removed, patch attached and applied. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us

Re: [PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-04 Thread Stephen Frost
* Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote: This patch disables page writes to WAL when fsync is off, because with no fsync guarantee, the page write recovery isn't useful. This doesn't seem quite right to me. What happens with PITR? And Postgres crashes? While many people seriously

Re: [PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-04 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bruce Momjian wrote: This patch disables page writes to WAL when fsync is off, because with no fsync guarantee, the page write recovery isn't useful. This also adds a full_page_writes GUC to turn off page writes to WAL. Some people might not want full_page_writes, but still might want fsync.

Re: [PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: This patch disables page writes to WAL when fsync is off, because with no fsync guarantee, the page write recovery isn't useful. This also adds a full_page_writes GUC to turn off page writes to WAL. Some people might not want

[PATCHES] Disable page writes when fsync off, add GUC

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
This patch disables page writes to WAL when fsync is off, because with no fsync guarantee, the page write recovery isn't useful. This also adds a full_page_writes GUC to turn off page writes to WAL. Some people might not want full_page_writes, but still might want fsync. -- Bruce Momjian