Hi Depesz, Is there way to minimize the I/O operation on disk/CF. Can I create RAM file system and point the pg_xlog files to RAM location instead of CF. whether this will work? Regards, Jeeva -----Original Message----- From: hubert depesz lubaczewski [mailto:depesz@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:50 PM To: Kathirvel, Jeevanandam Cc: pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Disable WAL completely On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 02:41:50PM +0530, Kathirvel, Jeevanandam wrote: > I want to disable Write Ahead Log (WAL) completely because > of following reasons, basically, you can't disable it. regards, depesz -- quicksil1er: "postgres is excellent, but like any DB it requires a highly paid DBA. here's my CV!" :) http://www.depesz.com/ - blog dla ciebie (i moje CV) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly