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.

-- 
                Where do you think you're going today?

http://www.Leidinger.net                       Alexander @ Leidinger.net
  GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91  3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7


More information about the freebsd-performance mailing list