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From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
To: Kathirvel, Jeevanandam <Jeevanandam.Kathirvel@honeywell.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Disable WAL completely
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:32:40 +0100
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 03:00:47PM +0530, Kathirvel, Jeevanandam wrote:
> 	Is there way to minimize the I/O operation on disk/CF.
> 	Can I create RAM file system and point the pg_xlog files to RAM
> location instead of CF.  whether this will work?

it will, but in case you'll lost power you will also (most probably)
loose your database.

depesz

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