full_page_writes
A GUC parameter determining whether the entire content of each disk page to is written to WAL during the first modification of that page after a checkpoint
full_page_writes is a GUC parameter determining whether the entire content of each disk page to is written to WAL during the first modification of that page after a checkpoint.
full_page_writes was added in PostgreSQL 8.1.
Default value
The default value for full_page_writes is: on
Change history
- PostgreSQL 8.1
- added (commit 326a7a07)
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: full_page_writes