Re: Proposal of tunable fix for scalability of 8.4

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: "Jignesh K(dot) Shah" <J(dot)K(dot)Shah(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal of tunable fix for scalability of 8.4
Date: 2009-03-17 22:59:38
Message-ID: 1237330778.3953.139.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 17:41 -0400, Jignesh K. Shah wrote:

> I did a quick test with patch. Unfortunately it improves my number
> even with default setting 0 (not sure whether I should be pleased or
> sad - Definitely no overhead infact seems to help performance a bit.
> NOTE: Logic is same, implementation is slightly different for default
> set)

OK, I bite. 25% gain from doing nothing??? You're stretching my... err,
credulity.

I like the train of thought for setting 1 and it is worth investigating,
but something feels wrong somewhere.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
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