| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Forced write, page size and buffer size |
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| Author | Ann Harrison |
| Post date | 2014-08-20T17:04:19Z |
On Aug 20, 2014, at 9:05 AM, "Aldo Caruso aldo.caruso@... [firebird-support]" <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Best regards,
Ann
>> The hard truth is that the only _absolute guarantee_ to preventFirebird's forced write should be sufficient if the file system and disk honor forced write (fsync) - and if Firebird implements forced write correctly. If those criteria are met, barriers serve only to protect the disk journal. Firebird long predates file system journalling and operates correctly without journals.
> database corruption is FW = ON.
>
> Provided that the file system also has barrier enabled ...
Best regards,
Ann