Re: fsync vs fdatasync on Linux

2001-02-18 Thread Denis Perchine
On Sunday 18 February 2001 18:22, Denis Perchine wrote: > Hello, > > as fas as I can see from fdatasync man page, and from the latest kernel > sources (2.4.1ac3, fs/buffer.c), they are equivalent. > > Using of fdatasync in database can gain significant gain on systems which > supports it (on HP it

fsync vs fdatasync on Linux

2001-02-18 Thread Denis Perchine
Hello, as fas as I can see from fdatasync man page, and from the latest kernel sources (2.4.1ac3, fs/buffer.c), they are equivalent. Using of fdatasync in database can gain significant gain on systems which supports it (on HP it gains up to 25% with pg_bench on PostgreSQL 7.1b5). Are there an