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* fsync off without a restart
@ 2008-08-27 15:42 Valentin Bogdanov <valiouk@yahoo.co.uk>
2008-08-28 09:37 ` Re: fsync off without a restart Marco Bizzarri <marco.bizzarri@gmail.com>
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From: Valentin Bogdanov @ 2008-08-27 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
Hi list,
I have got a script that is inserting, updating heavily at the moment. So, I want to turn fsync off to speed things up but I don't want to interrupt the script.
If I do `postgresql reload` or `kill -HUP postmaster_pid` woudl that apply the fsync change? By the way, I have already tried it and seems that it has worked.
But I have got another question. On my debian system I have got `postgresql force-reload`. How does that differ from the plain reload? And what does it actually do under the hood?
I am running Postgres 8.1.11 on Linux 2.6.18.
Regards,
Val
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* Re: fsync off without a restart
2008-08-27 15:42 fsync off without a restart Valentin Bogdanov <valiouk@yahoo.co.uk>
@ 2008-08-28 09:37 ` Marco Bizzarri <marco.bizzarri@gmail.com>
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From: Marco Bizzarri @ 2008-08-28 09:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Valentin Bogdanov <valiouk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have got a script that is inserting, updating heavily at the moment. So, I want to turn fsync off to speed things up but I don't want to interrupt the script.
>
> If I do `postgresql reload` or `kill -HUP postmaster_pid` woudl that apply the fsync change? By the way, I have already tried it and seems that it has worked.
>
> But I have got another question. On my debian system I have got `postgresql force-reload`. How does that differ from the plain reload? And what does it actually do under the hood?
If you're referencing to the init script (/etc/init.d/postgresql-XXX),
then they should be the same stuff.
Regards
Marco
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