I have found that while the OS may flush to the controller fast with
fsync=true, the controller does as it pleases (it has BBU, so I'm not
too worried), so you get great performance because your controller is
determine read/write sequence outside of what is being demanded by an
fsync.
Alex Turner
On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 11:16 -0400, Ron wrote:
> ># - Settings -
> >
> >fsync = false # turns forced synchronization on or off
> >#wal_sync_method = fsync# the default varies across platforms:
> > # fsync, fdatasync, open_sync, or
>
> I hope
> Putting pg_xlog on the IDE drives gave about 10% performance
> improvement. Would faster disks give more performance?
>
> What my application does:
>
> Every five minutes a new logfile will be imported. Depending on the
> source of the request it will be imported in one of three "raw click"
> t
At 03:10 AM 8/25/2005, Ulrich Wisser wrote:
I realize I need to be much more specific. Here is a more detailed
description of my hardware and system design.
Pentium 4 2.4GHz
Memory 4x DIMM DDR 1GB PC3200 400MHZ CAS3, KVR
Motherboard chipset 'I865G', two IDE channels on board
First suggestion
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:10:37 +0200
Ulrich Wisser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pentium 4 2.4GHz
> Memory 4x DIMM DDR 1GB PC3200 400MHZ CAS3, KVR
> Motherboard chipset 'I865G', two IDE channels on board
> 2x SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.7 80GB 7200RPM ATA/100
> (software raid 1, system, swap, pg_xlog)
> A
Hello,
I realize I need to be much more specific. Here is a more detailed
description of my hardware and system design.
Pentium 4 2.4GHz
Memory 4x DIMM DDR 1GB PC3200 400MHZ CAS3, KVR
Motherboard chipset 'I865G', two IDE channels on board
2x SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.7 80GB 7200RPM ATA/100
(softwa
