> fsync() performance will always be crappy on notebooks. If disk is
> spun down, fsync() will take 5 seconds or more...

This is why it needs to be opt-in.  An environment variable for those 
concerned, to enable fsync().

That also helps answer the question of how much, or how little.  Let the 
environment variable be a "fsynchronisation level".


Fredderic

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