Re: further testing on IDE drives - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From scott.marlowe
Subject Re: further testing on IDE drives
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.33.0310141128580.2514-100000@css120.ihs.com
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In response to Re: further testing on IDE drives  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-performance
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> > open_sync was WAY faster at this than the other two methods.
>
> Do you not have open_datasync?  That's the preferred method if
> available.

Nope, when I try to start postgresql with it set to that, I get this error
message:

FATAL:  invalid value for "wal_sync_method": "open_datasync"

This is on RedHat 9, but I have the same problem on a RH 7.2 box as well.


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