From aa02d352b53329287b22092ed41a9a9ec23b0ef8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:23:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: replace "stable storage" with "durable" in descriptions For PG, "durable storage" has a clear meaning, while "stable storage" does not, so use the former. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200817165222.GA31806@momjian.us Backpatch-through: 9.5 --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index d0350dffd3e..15180b65096 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' ensure data preservation even if a standby instance of PostgreSQL were to crash, but not if the standby suffers an operating-system-level crash, since the data has not - necessarily reached stable storage on the standby. + necessarily reached durable storage on the standby. Finally, the setting local causes commits to wait for local flush to disk, but not for replication. This is not usually desirable when synchronous replication is in use, but is provided for