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From: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
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Subject: Re: 9.6 and fsync=off
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At 2016-04-27 17:58:08 +0800, craig@2ndquadrant.com wrote:
>
> #fsync = on                             # turns forced synchronization on or off

I suggest:                                # provide crash safety by flushing disk writes
                                          # (Disabling this can lead to unrecoverable data
                                          # loss if the system crashes.)

-- Abhijit


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