Tuning for PostGreSQL Database
Alexander Leidinger
Alexander at Leidinger.net
Tue Jul 22 03:12:25 PDT 2003
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:16:45 -0700
Sean Chittenden <sean at chittenden.org> wrote:
> Well, think about it. What happens when you pull the plug while the
> OS is sitting on a pile of data that it's waiting to flush to disk?
> The problem isn't so much with the WAL logs, so much as it is with the
> actual files that contain the databases/table's data. Any kind of
> volatle backed buffer increases the danger of data loss.
>
> Good solution for these concerns? Get a UPS.
Thats not only a good solution, it's the only solution for mainstream PC
hardware...
Bye,
Alexander.
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