Re: pg_dump, pg_dumpall and data durability

Hi,

On 2016-11-08 18:18:01 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I think this might be better addressed by adding something to backup.sgml
> pointing out that you'd better fsync or sync your backups before assuming
> that they can't be lost.

How does a normal user do that? I don't think there's a cross-platform
advice we can give, and even on *nix the answer basically is 'sync;
sync;' which is a pretty big hammer, and might be completely
unacceptable on a busy server.

Regards,

Andres