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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2007-12-16 14:03:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2007-12-16 14:03:32 +0000 |
| commit | 58189e25fdf0b969f69137f9aa90b25f28c4f7c3 (patch) | |
| tree | c0cee2c5b79f2ae8b492ada8f2e1bf22026ba595 | |
| parent | 287e724a597011d5ceb7326d367b9a1d4b406d4f (diff) | |
Update write-cache docs to mention windows behavior for various
fsync_methods.
Magnus.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index a2e7356f2c..274589a928 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ write caching. On <productname>FreeBSD</> use <application>atacontrol</>. (For SCSI disks use <ulink url="http://sg.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html"><application>sdparm</></ulink> - to turn off <literal>WCE</>.) On <productname>Windows</> write caching is - disabled by unchecking <literal>My Computer\Open\{select disk + to turn off <literal>WCE</>.) On <productname>Windows</> if + <varname>wal_sync_method</> is <literal>open_datasync</> (the default), + write caching is disabled by unchecking <literal>My + Computer\Open\{select disk drive}\Properties\Hardware\Properties\Policies\Enable write caching on - the disk</>. + the disk</>. Also on Windows, <literal>fsync</> and + <literal>fsync_writethrough</> never use write caching. </para> <para> |