Re: Recommended value for pg_test_fsync

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Nikhil Shetty <nikhil(dot)dba04(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Haroldo Kerry <hkerry(at)callix(dot)com(dot)br>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Performance <pgsql-performance(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Recommended value for pg_test_fsync
Date: 2020-07-01 19:59:58
Message-ID: 20200701195958.GA14460@momjian.us
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On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:41:23PM +0530, Nikhil Shetty wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The client has done benchmark tests on available storage using a storage
> benchmark tool and got IOPS of around 14k on iSCSI  and around 150k on HBA
> channel, which seems a good number but pg_test_fysnc gives numbers which are
> not reflecting good op/sec. Though pg_test_fysnc result should not be compared
> to benchmark throughput but both are indicative of overall database
> performance.

Well, by definition, pg_test_fsync asks for fsync after every set of
writes. Only the last report, "Non-sync'ed 8kB writes:" gives non-fsync
performance.

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