Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Now thinking about it, the guy had corrupt table, not WAL log.
> > How is WAL->tables synched? Does the 'wal_sync_method'
> > affect it or not?
>
> I *think* it always fsyncs() there as it is now, but I'm not 100% sure.
wal_sync_method is also used to flush pages during a checkpoint, so it
could lead to table corruption too, not just WAL corruption.
However, on Unix, 99% of corruption is caused by bad disk or RAM.
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