pg_restore --multi-thread

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pg_restore --multi-thread
Date: 2009-02-12 15:41:01
Message-ID: 200902121741.01937.peter_e@gmx.net
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

I know we've already had a discussion on the naming of the pg_restore -m
option, but in any case this description in pg_restore --help is confusing:

-m, --multi-thread=NUM use this many parallel connections to restore

Either it is using that many threads in the client, or it is using that many
connections to the server. I assume the implementation does approximately
both, but we should be clear about what we promise to the user. Either:
Reserve this many connections on the server. Or: Reserve this many threads
in the kernel of the client. The documentation in the reference/man page is
equally confused.

Also, the term "multi" is redundant, because whether it is multi or single is
obviously determined by the value of NUM.

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Euler Taveira de Oliveira 2009-02-12 15:43:09 Re: Which installation parts are backward compatible?
Previous Message Euler Taveira de Oliveira 2009-02-12 15:27:03 Re: Which installation parts are backward compatible?