Re: Spread checkpoint sync

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Spread checkpoint sync
Date: 2011-01-31 17:04:00
Message-ID: AANLkTikN0MJwcfjQjQifvtepXLnhUfB1Nz6d9-=ZWQEW@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> 3. Pause for 3 seconds after every fsync.
>
>> I think something along the lines of #3 is probably a good idea,
>
> Really?  Any particular delay is guaranteed wrong.

What I was getting at was - I think it's probably a good idea not to
do the fsyncs at top speed, but I'm not too sure how they should be
spaced out. I agree a fixed delay isn't necessarily right.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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