Re: PostgresNode::backup uses spread checkpoint?

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgresNode::backup uses spread checkpoint?
Date: 2020-10-20 15:13:34
Message-ID: 54925708-3642-4318-31db-11fbbd0f9282@pgmasters.net
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On 10/20/20 11:01 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> I noticed a few days ago that method backup() in PostgresNode uses
> pg_basebackup without specifying a checkpoint mode -- and the default is
> a spread checkpoint, which may cause any tests that use that to take
> slightly longer than the bare minimum.
>
> I propose to make it use a fast checkpoint, as per the attached.

+1.

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-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net

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