On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> > open_sync was WAY faster at this than the other two methods.
>
> Do you not have open_datasync? That's the preferred method if
> available.
Nope, when I try to start postgresql with it set to that, I get this error
message:
FATAL: invalid value for "wal_sync_method": "open_datasync"
This is on RedHat 9, but I have the same problem on a RH 7.2 box as well.