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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Kevin Grittner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: no universally correct setting for fsync
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 10:24:47 -0400
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"Kevin Grittner" <[email protected]> writes:
> | If you trust your operating system, your hardware, and your
> | utility company (or your battery backup), you can consider
> | disabling fsync.
 
> Isn't this a little too rosy a picture to paint?

I think that statement is true as far as it goes, but I agree with
rejiggering the surrounding text.  The whole thing was written back
when Postgres was by far the least reliable component of the stack.
It isn't anymore.  We should make it clear that fsync=off is not ever
recommended for production.

			regards, tom lane

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