Re: Checkpoint cost, looks like it is WAL/CRC

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Russell Smith <mr-russ(at)pws(dot)com(dot)au>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, Postgres Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Checkpoint cost, looks like it is WAL/CRC
Date: 2005-07-09 20:33:31
Message-ID: 1120941211.4844.1.camel@fuji.krosing.net
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On R, 2005-07-08 at 14:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > I don't think we should care too much about indexes. We can rebuild
> > them...but losing heap sectors means *data loss*.

There might be some merit in idea to disabling WAL/PITR for indexes,
where one can accept some (and possibly a lot) time when recovering.

> If you're so concerned about *data loss* then none of this will be
> acceptable to you at all. We are talking about going from a system
> that can actually survive torn-page cases to one that can only tell
> you whether you've lost data to such a case. Arguing about the
> probability with which we can detect the loss seems beside the point.

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Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>

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