"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> I'd like to see a clear explanation of what assumptions are being made >> and why they represent a useful case.
> Absolutely agreed there. Just to be clear: I believe our current assumptions can be stated as "Postgres will not lose data if the kernel and disk drive do not lose data that they have acknowledged as being successfully fsync'd." This is independent of any questions about Postgres bugs or measures that we take to limit the impact of our bugs --- it's about what our extent of responsibility is. I think that Hideyuki-san is proposing a different contract for data integrity, and I want to understand what that contract is and why someone would want it. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings