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fdatasync vs. fsync for WAL commits: When is it faster and what are the tradeoffs?

calendar_today October 13, 2026 person Aaron Son domain dolthub

Dolt’s WAL commit implementation on Linux recently changed from fsync to fdatasync. Internal sysbench runs showed a big improvement. What are the tradeoffs?

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