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Re:Elasticsearch node crashes can cause data loss by eternalban on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:08AM (#9477083)
What about pervasive virtualization? The issue here is not really fsync. A fault-tolerant in-memory cluster should not lose data.
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Re:Elasticsearch node crashes can cause data loss by sitkack on Saturday May 02, 2015 @12:39PM (#9477621)
Writes should be durable by whatever means the platform deems durable. Durable should be the default. It should take work to have non-durable io.
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