On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:12:57AM +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote: > Javier Somoza schrieb: > > > > Hi all > > > > Is it secure to disable fsync havin battery-backed disk cache? > > > > Thx > > > No. fsync moves the data from OS memory cache to disk-adaptor > cache which is required to benefit from battery backup. More importantly, in guarantees that data is committed to non-volatile storage in such a way that PostgreSQL can recover from a crash without corruption. If you have a battery-backed controller and turn on write caching you shouldn't see much effect from fsync anyway. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
