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Not all of these choices are available on all platforms. |
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The default is the first method in the above list that is supported |
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by the platform. The default is not necessarily best; it may be |
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necessary to change this setting, or other aspects of your system |
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configuration, in order to create a crash-safe configuration, as |
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discussed in <xref linkend="wal-reliability">, or to achieve best |
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performance. |
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The <literal>open_</>* options also use <literal>O_DIRECT</> if available. |
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The default is the first method in the above list that is supported |
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by the platform. The default is not necessarily ideal; it might be |
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necessary to change this setting or other aspects of your system |
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configuration in order to create a crash-safe configuration or |
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achieve optimal performance. |
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These aspects are discussed in <xref linkend="wal-reliability">. |
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The utility <filename>src/tools/fsync</> in the PostgreSQL source tree |
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can do performance testing of various fsync methods. |
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This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</> |
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