Re: FATAL: invalid value for parameter "wal_sync_method":

This mean that method isn't supported by postgres on my platform?
Must i give some extra options at build time?
(i use postgresql 8.0.2 sources)

The test "syncbench" that i run on this server with the "open(O_DSYNC)"
method, give me results without problems.

Thanks and best regards.


Scott Marlowe wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 09:35, Francesco Dalla Ca' wrote:
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>>O.S.:
>>SuSE SLES-8 (i386)
>>VERSION = 8.1
>>
>>After some test with the "syncbench" posted on performance mailing-list
>>(http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-09/msg00080.php)
>>i have obtained that open() with O_DSYNC was the fastest sync method.
>>I want to test this for parameter "wal_sync_method" on a test workload
>>directly on Postgres and i have configured that on postgresql.conf file:
>>
>>wal_sync_method = open_datasync
>>
>>But at the server start:
>>
>> > pg_ctl -D /db10/postgres/data start
>>postmaster starting
>> > FATAL:  invalid value for parameter "wal_sync_method": "open_datasync"
>>
>>What's wrong?
>>
>>
>
>Not all methods are supported on all platforms.  It appears this one
>isn't supported on yours.
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