Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E8312E00A3 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:19:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 29426-04 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:19:32 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3762E007A for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:19:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m3HIJSLF024608; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:19:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m3HIJSXQ024604; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:19:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:19:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Smith X-X-Sender: gsmith@westnet.com To: James Mansion cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: POSIX file updates In-Reply-To: <47F1413B.40109@mansionfamily.plus.com> Message-ID: References: <47F1413B.40109@mansionfamily.plus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/248 X-Sequence-Number: 29741 On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, James Mansion wrote: > I have a question about file writes, particularly on POSIX. In other reading I just came across this informative article on this issue, which amusingly was written the same day you asked about this: http://jeffr-tech.livejournal.com/20707.html -- * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD