> 
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 08:33:42AM +0000, James Harper wrote:
> > When loading the data into postgresql absolutely crawled along
> (~50kb/second disk write speed with 100% iowait) I knew I had a problem.
> > Something, somewhere has changed in my system that absolutely kills tiny
> sync writes. Or alternatively, something has changed in my system that
> makes mysql do tiny sync writes.
> 
> What do you expect from sync writes regarding bacula?
> I don't use sync writes there as I am very sure they won't give me a
> benefit. As soon as the DB-server dies, the job is failed, you can't add
> the remaining attributes in a reasonable way later and sd/dir both
> refuse to work without a database server.
> I suggest turning sync writes off.
> This is valid for bacula, not for some random other database
> application.
> 

The thing that bothers me is that it was working perfectly well up until a week 
ago when it suddenly slowed to a crawl, and I can't figure out what changed.

James
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