Doug McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alex Satrapa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 1) Under Linux, if you have the file system containing the WAL mounted >> with asynchronous writes, "all bets are off". > ... > Even with ext2, WAL files are preallocated and PG calls fsync() after > writing, so in practice it's not likely to cause problems.
Um. I took the reference to "mounted with async write" to mean a soft-mounted NFS filesystem. It does not matter which OS you think is the one true OS --- running a database over NFS is the act of someone with a death wish. But, yeah, soft-mounted NFS is a particularly malevolent variety ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings