PostgreSQL TODO List
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Mon Jul 25 11:26:58 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Thu Jul 28 23:22:50 EDT 2005
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
backends that also have the file open, and the feature is not supported
on all operating systems.
-* Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,
- especially for WAL writes
+* -Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,
+ for WAL writes
O_DIRECT doesn't have the same media write guarantees as fsync, so it
is in addition to the fsync method, not in place of it.
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<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated: Mon Jul 25 11:26:58 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Thu Jul 28 23:22:50 EDT 2005
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
backends that also have the file open, and the feature is not supported
on all operating systems.
</p>
- </li><li>Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,
- especially for WAL writes
+ </li><li>-<em>Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,</em>
+ for WAL writes
<p> O_DIRECT doesn't have the same media write guarantees as fsync, so it
is in addition to the fsync method, not in place of it.
</p>