On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> The database is performing too frequent restartpoints.
>
> This has been optimised in PostgreSQL 8.4 by the addition of the
> bgwriter running during recovery. This will mean that your hot spare
> will not pause while waiting for restartpoint to complete, so will be
> significantly faster.
8.4 is already looking like it's going to be a great upgrade for us,
this would be another win.
Thanks,
Bryan