PostgreSQL TODO List

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Current maintainer:Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)

Last updated:Mon Jul25 11:26:58 EDT 2005

Last updated:Thu Jul28 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,

especiallyfor 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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<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<ahref="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>

Last updated:Mon Jul25 11:26:58 EDT 2005

Last updated:Thu Jul28 23:22:50 EDT 2005

<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>

<ahref="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.

</li><li>Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,

especiallyfor 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.