On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 11:41 -0700, Ben Chobot wrote: > On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Of course. But if you can't reliably flush the OS buffers (because, say, > you're using LVM so fsync() doesn't work), then you can't say what > actually has made it to the safety of the raid card. Good point. So the next question of course is, does EVMS do it right? http://evms.sourceforge.net/ This is actually a pretty significant issue. Joshua D. Drake > -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general