I did try SYNCHRONOUS=off but that didn't seem to have an effect; I'll study the docs to make sure I've got it right.
This isn't surprising.
fsync() is largely a no-op on just about any operating system. It doesn't actually guarantee that the bytes are written to the platter (though it will likely impact queueing and the like within the kernel).
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