Re: Compress ReorderBuffer spill files using LZ4

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Julien Tachoires <julmon(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Compress ReorderBuffer spill files using LZ4
Date: 2024-06-07 09:09:28
Message-ID: 202406070909.jb4gmlclyu3r@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2024-Jun-07, Dilip Kumar wrote:

> I think the compression option should be supported at the CREATE
> SUBSCRIPTION level instead of being controlled by a GUC. This way, we
> can decide on compression for each subscription individually rather
> than applying it to all subscribers. It makes more sense for the
> subscriber to control this, especially when we are planning to
> compress the data sent downstream.

True. (I think we have some options that are in GUCs for the general
behavior and can be overridden by per-subscription options for specific
tailoring; would that make sense here? I think it does, considering
that what we mostly want is to save disk space in the publisher when
spilling to disk.)

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