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How the Database Server Achieves Data Consistency

The database server uses the following three procedures to ensure that data destined for disk is actually recorded intact on disk:

These procedures ensure that multiple, logically related writes are recorded as a unit; that data in shared memory is periodically made consistent with data on disk; and that a buffer page that is written to disk is actually written in entirety.

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