Re: max_standby_delay considered harmful

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: max_standby_delay considered harmful
Date: 2010-05-06 04:32:43
Message-ID: AANLkTil87FpZ7LwY-GgqzZbHbtgVipVieo5Fa9-Af4g8@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> If someone wants to suggest that HS is useless if max_standby_delay
> supports only boolean values, I am ready to suggest we remove HS as well
> and head to 9.0 because that would suggest that HS itself is going to be
> useless.

I think HS is going to be a lot less useful than many people think, at
least in 9.0. But I think ripping out max_standby_delay will make it
worse.

> The code will not be thrown away;  we will bring it back for 9.1.

If that's the case, then taking it out makes no sense.

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

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