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Subject: Re: fsync and battery-backed caches
From: Javier Somoza <jsomoza@pandasoftware.es>
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            Yeah, i saw it. It says full-page-writes can be disabled
without problems.
            But i wanted to confirm fsync cannot be disabled although i
have battery.

            Thanks!!   :-)



> We do mention battery-backed cache in our docs:
>=20
> 	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/wal.html
>=20
> If it is unclear, please let us know.

Javier Somoza
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mailto:jsomoza@pandasoftware.es

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yeah, i saw it. It says full-page-writes can be disabled without problems.<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks!!&nbsp;&nbsp; :-)
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