Hi,
On 2014-06-05 17:09:44 +0900, furuyao@pm.nttdata.co.jp wrote:
> Synchronous(synchronous_commit = on) mode offers the ability to confirm WAL have been streamed in the same way as
synchronousreplication.
> If an output is used as a different disk from the directory where the transaction log should be stored.
> Prevent the loss of data due to disk failure.
>
> the additional parameter(-m) and replicationslot specify, that its synchronous mode.
> All received WAL write after, flush is executed and reply flush
> position.
What's the usecase for this? I can see some benefit in easier testing of
syncrep, but that's basically it?
> Flush is not performed every time write, it is performed collectively
> like walrecever.
I only glanced at this, but afaics you're only flushing at the end every
WAL segment. That will result in absolutely horrible performance, right?
Walreceiver does flush more frequently than that. It basically syncs
every chunk of received WAL...
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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