From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:21:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify documentation that journaling is not required for WAL or data files.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_0~2675
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Clarify documentation that journaling is not required for WAL or data files.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index e69463a9e2..a54fbc685e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.55 2008/12/10 11:05:49 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.56 2008/12/18 22:21:16 momjian Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="wal">
  <title>Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log</title>
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
    <tip>
     <para>
      Because <acronym>WAL</acronym> restores database file
-     contents after a crash, it is not necessary to use a
-     journaled filesystem for reliability.  In fact, journaling
+     contents after a crash, journaled filesystems are necessary for
+     reliable storage of the data files or WAL files.  In fact, journaling
      overhead can reduce performance, especially if journaling
      causes file system <emphasis>data</emphasis> to be flushed
      to disk.  Fortunately, data flushing during journaling can