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Subject: Re: fsync and battery-backed caches
From: Javier Somoza <jsomoza@pandasoftware.es>
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            Ups sorry.


> Actually, you can't assume that a BBU means you can safely disable
> full-page-writes. Depending on the controller, it's still possible to
> end up with partially written pages.
> 
> BTW, if your mailer makes doing so convenient, it would be nice to trim
> down your .signature; note that it's about 3x longer than the email you
> actually sent.



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