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5 | 5 | <chapter Id="runtime"> |
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1706 | 1706 | <para> |
1707 | 1707 | When this option is on, the <productname>PostgreSQL</> server |
1708 | | - writes full pages to WAL when they first modified after a checkpoint |
1709 | | - so full recovery is possible. Turning this option off might lead |
1710 | | - to a corrupt system after an operating system crash because |
1711 | | - uncorrected partial pages might contain inconsistent or corrupt |
1712 | | - data. The risks are less but similar to <varname>fsync</>. |
| 1708 | + writes full pages to WAL when they are first modified after a |
| 1709 | + checkpoint so full recovery is possible. Turning this option off |
| 1710 | + might lead to a corrupt system after an operating system crash |
| 1711 | + or power failure because uncorrected partial pages might contain |
| 1712 | + inconsistent or corrupt data. The risks are less but similar to |
| 1713 | + <varname>fsync</>. |
1713 | 1714 | </para> |
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1715 | 1716 | <para> |
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