@@ -1572,6 +1572,15 @@ SELECT * FROM x, y, a, b, c WHERE something AND somethingelse;
15721572 </para>
15731573 </listitem>
15741574
1575+ <listitem>
1576+ <para>
1577+ Turn off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">; there might be no
1578+ need to force <acronym>WAL</acronym> writes to disk on every
1579+ commit. This setting does risk transaction loss (though not data
1580+ corruption) in case of a crash of the <emphasis>database</>.
1581+ </para>
1582+ </listitem>
1583+
15751584 <listitem>
15761585 <para>
15771586 Turn off <xref linkend="guc-full-page-writes">; there is no need
@@ -1590,12 +1599,12 @@ SELECT * FROM x, y, a, b, c WHERE something AND somethingelse;
15901599
15911600 <listitem>
15921601 <para>
1593- Turn off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">; there might be no
1594- need to write the <acronym>WAL</acronym> to disk on every
1595- commit. This setting does risk transaction loss (though not data
1596- corruption) in case of a crash of the <emphasis>database</> alone.
1602+ Create <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-UNLOGGED">unlogged
1603+ tables</link> to avoid <acronym>WAL</acronym> writes, though it
1604+ makes the tables non-crash-safe.
15971605 </para>
15981606 </listitem>
1607+
15991608 </itemizedlist>
16001609 </para>
16011610 </sect1>