diff --git a/core/src/config/ConfigInit.cpp b/core/src/config/ConfigInit.cpp
index 7123dbfa5b..f63627dd9c 100644
--- a/core/src/config/ConfigInit.cpp
+++ b/core/src/config/ConfigInit.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ InitConfig() {
 
         /* wal */
         {"wal.enable", CreateBoolConfig("wal.enable", &config.wal.enable.value, true)},
+        {"wal.sync_mode", CreateBoolConfig("wal.sync_mode", &config.wal.sync_mode.value, false)},
         {"wal.recovery_error_ignore",
          CreateBoolConfig("wal.recovery_error_ignore", &config.wal.recovery_error_ignore.value, false)},
         {"wal.buffer_size",
diff --git a/core/src/config/ServerConfig.h b/core/src/config/ServerConfig.h
index 0ac3c83969..2f70bb5454 100644
--- a/core/src/config/ServerConfig.h
+++ b/core/src/config/ServerConfig.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ struct ServerConfig {
 
     struct WAL {
         Bool enable{false};
+        Bool sync_mode{false};
         Bool recovery_error_ignore{false};
         Integer buffer_size{0};
         String path{"unknown"};
diff --git a/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.cpp b/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.cpp
index 9ab66f7ce6..e0d2b71074 100644
--- a/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.cpp
+++ b/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 namespace milvus {
 namespace engine {
 
+WalFile::WalFile(bool sync) : sync_(sync) {
+}
+
 WalFile::~WalFile() {
     CloseFile();
 }
diff --git a/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.h b/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.h
index 0b0b22adc2..5194685d6a 100644
--- a/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.h
+++ b/core/src/db/wal/WalFile.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "db/Types.h"
 #include "utils/Status.h"
 
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ namespace engine {
 
 class WalFile {
  public:
-    WalFile() = default;
+    explicit WalFile(bool sync = false);
     virtual ~WalFile();
 
     bool
@@ -107,7 +108,12 @@ class WalFile {
     inline void
     Flush() {
         if (file_ && mode_ != OpenMode::READ) {
-            fflush(file_);
+            if (sync_) {
+                int fd = fileno(file_);
+                fsync(fd);
+            } else {
+                fflush(file_);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -136,6 +142,11 @@ class WalFile {
     OpenMode mode_ = OpenMode::NA;
     int64_t file_size_ = 0;
     std::string file_path_;
+
+    // fflush() or fsync() to flush data into storage
+    // fflush() flush data to system kernel buffer, ensure data safety even milvus crashed
+    // fsync() flush data into to hard disk(much slower), ensure data safety even the machine shutdown or blackout
+    bool sync_ = false;
 };
 
 using WalFilePtr = std::shared_ptr<WalFile>;
diff --git a/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.cpp b/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.cpp
index c6fbc3df86..a877c6aca7 100644
--- a/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.cpp
+++ b/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 // or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 
 #include "db/wal/WalManager.h"
+#include "config/ServerConfig.h"
 #include "db/Utils.h"
 #include "db/wal/WalOperationCodec.h"
 #include "utils/CommonUtil.h"
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ WalManager::Recovery(const DBPtr& db, const CollectionMaxOpIDMap& max_op_ids) {
 
             // id_files arrange id in assendent, we know which file should be read
             for (auto& pair : id_files) {
-                WalFilePtr file = std::make_shared<WalFile>();
+                WalFilePtr file = std::make_shared<WalFile>(sync_mode_);
                 file->OpenFile(pair.second.c_str(), WalFile::READ);
                 idx_t last_id = 0;
                 file->ReadLastOpId(last_id);
@@ -259,6 +260,8 @@ WalManager::Recovery(const DBPtr& db, const CollectionMaxOpIDMap& max_op_ids) {
 
 Status
 WalManager::Init() {
+    sync_mode_ = config.wal.sync_mode();
+
     try {
         using DirectoryIterator = std::experimental::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator;
         DirectoryIterator iter(wal_path_);
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ WalManager::RecordInsertOperation(const InsertEntityOperationPtr& operation, con
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(file_map_mutex_);
             WalFilePtr file = file_map_[operation->collection_name_];
             if (file == nullptr) {
-                file = std::make_shared<WalFile>();
+                file = std::make_shared<WalFile>(sync_mode_);
                 file_map_[operation->collection_name_] = file;
                 file->OpenFile(path, WalFile::APPEND_WRITE);
             } else if (!file->IsOpened() || file->ExceedMaxSize(chunk_size)) {
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ WalManager::RecordDeleteOperation(const DeleteEntityOperationPtr& operation, con
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(file_map_mutex_);
             WalFilePtr file = file_map_[operation->collection_name_];
             if (file == nullptr) {
-                file = std::make_shared<WalFile>();
+                file = std::make_shared<WalFile>(sync_mode_);
                 file_map_[operation->collection_name_] = file;
                 file->OpenFile(path, WalFile::APPEND_WRITE);
             } else if (!file->IsOpened() || file->ExceedMaxSize(append_size)) {
diff --git a/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.h b/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.h
index b50f66e87f..2af8e512f6 100644
--- a/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.h
+++ b/core/src/db/wal/WalManager.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class WalManager {
     SafeIDGenerator id_gen_;
 
     bool enable_ = false;
+    bool sync_mode_ = false;
     std::string wal_path_;
     int64_t insert_buffer_size_ = 0;