> However, this doesn't really address the question of what a sensible > choice of default is. If there's little evidence about whether the > current flavor of open_datasync is really the fastest way, there's > none whatsoever that establishes open_datasync_without_o_direct > being a sane choice of default.
No, I'd switch to fdatasync. That's the performance that most people are familiar with anyway, since it was all Linux supported before. -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers