Re: [GENERAL] Running with fsync=off

"Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote
>
> The actual runtime of the "sync" program is epsilon, because it doesn't
> wait for all the I/O to happen.  The entire reason for the custom is
> that the I/O is going on while you type the second "sync".

But in our 7.4.x, there is code like this:

 sync();
 if (IsUnderPostmaster)
  sleep(2);
 sync();

So for standalone backend, that's just "sync();sync()". So the "I/O is going
on while you type the second sync" theory doesn't work. For ordinary
backends, that's even more wierd - Why wasting 2 seconds is enough to save
the data? Why not 3 seconds or 4?

Regards,
Qingqing