Re: PGSQL, checkpoints, and file system syncs

From: Reza Taheri <rtaheri(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PGSQL, checkpoints, and file system syncs
Date: 2014-04-03 18:11:46
Message-ID: 66CE997FB523C04E9749452273184C6C19DAC05A2B@exch-mbx-113.vmware.com
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> Try setting the vm.dirty_bytes sysctl. Something like 256MB might be a good
> starting point.
>
> This comes up fairly often, see e.g.:
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/27C32FD4-0142-44FE-8488-
> 9F366DC75966(at)mr-paradox(dot)net
>
> - Heikki

Thanks, Heikki. That sounds like my problem alright. I will play with these parameters right away, and will report back.

Cheers,
Reza

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