| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Bgwriter behavior |
| Date: | 2004-12-28 18:22:06 |
| Message-ID: | 200412281822.iBSIM6e03624@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > John Hansen wrote:
> >> On another note, how do you know for sure, that your drive does not lie
> >> about fsync?
>
> > I just tried and got 115tps with fsync off vs 100 with fsync on, so
> > fsync is certainly doing something.
>
> [ raised eyebrow... ] Something is wrong with that. I'd expect a
> *much* higher difference. It's difficult to credit a tps rate higher
> than your disk's RPM rating with fsync on, but most modern CPUs can do
> a lot better than that with fsync off. If you have a 7200 RPM drive
> then I'd believe the 100 figure, but not the other ...
I think it is a 10k RPM drive, Seagate Cheteetah ST336607LW.
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