On 27/04/16 12:53, Magnus Hagander wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@2ndquadrant.com
> <mailto:ams@2ndquadrant.com>> wrote:
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> At 2016-04-27 17:58:08 +0800, craig@2ndquadrant.com
> <mailto:craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >
> > #fsync = on # turns forced synchronization on or off
>
> I suggest: # provide crash safety by
> flushing disk writes
> # (Disabling this can
> lead to unrecoverable data
> # loss if the system
> crashes.)
>
>
> +1 for the change. I suggest shortening it to just "disabling this can
> lead to unrecoverable data corruption" (I think corruption is better
> than loss, mainly because too many people equate loss with "i may loose
> my last 10 updates, and I'm fine with that).
>
+1 (Abhijit's wording with data loss changed to data corruption)
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