Re: [HACKERS] Profile of current backend

>
> The Hermit Hacker writes:
> >     Just curious, but do you have -F set to disable fsync()?  We
> > really really should disable that by default :(
>
> I tried with -F and it runs nicely. No difference to see between PostgreSQL
> and Oracle. I just ran another test which includes table creation, inserts
> and drop (source follows). Here's the result:
>
> Oracle 7.3.3.4.0:
> I needed 21 seconds and -345682 microseconds for this test
>
> PostgreSQL without -F:
> I needed 152 seconds and -623545 microseconds for this test
>
> PostgreSQL with -F:
> I needed 5 seconds and 84411 microseconds for this test
>
> Whow!
>


This is good news.  Is this with 6.3 or 6.2.1?

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Bruce Momjian
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