X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF682D9B6F; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:08:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25449-04; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:07:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [64.139.89.126]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CFCD9B65; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:08:00 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id j8T282b09583; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:08:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200509290208.j8T282b09583@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Added documentation about caching, reliability In-Reply-To: <20050928194933.GA16776@surnet.cl> To: Alvaro Herrera Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:08:02 -0400 (EDT) Cc: PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.01 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.010] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200509/47 X-Sequence-Number: 3233 Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:26:24PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I have added a section to the top of the WAL docs explaining caching and > > reliability issues: > > > > http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/reliability.html > > > > I also renamed the chapter "Reilability" rather than "WAL." > > While you are re-titling the docs, maybe the sections on that chapter > could be titled "Benefits of Write-Ahead Log" instead of "Benefits of > WAL", etc. The chapter sections are: Table of Contents 26.1. Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) 26.2. Benefits of WAL 26.3. WAL Configuration 26.4. WAL Internals Are you suggesting we spell out Write-Ahead Logging for all section titles? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073