Re: WAL Optimisation - configuration and usage

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com
Cc: "'Rob Fielding'" <rob(at)dsvr(dot)net>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL Optimisation - configuration and usage
Date: 2004-03-02 01:01:29
Message-ID: 24768.1078189289@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> - why checkpoint interval of 300 secs causes them to happen every 10
> mins in quieter periods; is that an occaisional update occurring?

There is code in there to suppress a checkpoint if no WAL-loggable
activity has happened since the last checkpoint. Not sure if that's
relevant to the issue or not though.

regards, tom lane

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