On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 16:53 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > The point of fsync() is for an application to know that a write has been > safely committed, as for example sendmail would do before acknowledging > to the sender that a message has been accepted. The question isn't > whether an application can call fsync() but rather whether it's return > status is lying, making the underlying storage unsuitable for anything > that needs reliability. Right and for databases this is critical. So enlightenment here would be good. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
