Re: fsync and battery-backed caches

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От Bruce Momjian
Тема Re: fsync and battery-backed caches
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Msg-id 200602280106.k1S16DK16068@candle.pha.pa.us
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Ответ на Re: fsync and battery-backed caches  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
Ответы Re: fsync and battery-backed caches  (Javier Somoza <jsomoza@pandasoftware.es>)
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:12:57AM +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> > Javier Somoza schrieb:
> > >
> > >        Hi all
> > >
> > >        Is it secure to disable fsync havin battery-backed disk cache?
> > >
> > >        Thx
> > >
> > No. fsync moves the data from OS memory cache to disk-adaptor
> > cache which is required to benefit from battery backup.
>
> More importantly, in guarantees that data is committed to non-volatile
> storage in such a way that PostgreSQL can recover from a crash without
> corruption.
>
> If you have a battery-backed controller and turn on write caching you
> shouldn't see much effect from fsync anyway.

We do mention battery-backed cache in our docs:

    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/wal.html

If it is unclear, please let us know.

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