Re: skip replication slot snapshot/map file removal during end-of-recovery checkpoint

On 12/23/21, 3:17 AM, "Bharath Rupireddy" <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Currently the end-of-recovery checkpoint can be much slower, impacting
> the server availability, if there are many replication slot files
> XXXX.snap or map-XXXX to be enumerated and deleted. How about skipping
> the .snap and map- file handling during the end-of-recovery
> checkpoint? It makes the server available faster and the next regular
> checkpoint can deal with these files. If required, we can have a GUC
> (skip_replication_slot_file_handling or some other better name) to
> control this default being the existing behavior.

I suggested something similar as a possibility in the other thread
where these tasks are being discussed [0]. I think it is worth
considering, but IMO it is not a complete solution to the problem. If
there are frequently many such files to delete and regular checkpoints
are taking longer, the shutdown/end-of-recovery checkpoint could still
take a while. I think it would be better to separate these tasks from
checkpointing instead.

Nathan

[0] https://postgr.es/m/A285A823-0AF2-4376-838E-847FA4710F9A%40amazon.com