On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>
>> * fsync=off => 5,100
>> * fsync=off and synchronous_commit=off => 5,500
>
> Now, this *is* interesting ... why should synch_commit make a difference
> if fsync is off?
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
I may have stumbled upon this by my ignorance, but I thought I read
that synchronous_commit controlled whether it tries to line up commits
or has a more free-for-all that may cause some intermediate weirdness.
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Jonathan Gardner
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