Re: 8.4 open item: copy performance regression?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alan Li <ali(at)truviso(dot)com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.4 open item: copy performance regression?
Date: 2009-06-22 15:14:24
Message-ID: 18196.1245683664@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>> The more useful case for data load is "create or truncate it in the
>> same transaction", of course.

> Unfortunately, WAL bypass also requires not being in archive mode with
> no way to turn that off w/o a server restart, aiui.

Well, if you're trying to archive then you certainly wouldn't want WAL
off, so I'm failing to see where this thread is going ...

regards, tom lane

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