Re: Compress ReorderBuffer spill files using LZ4

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Julien Tachoires <julmon(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Compress ReorderBuffer spill files using LZ4
Date: 2024-06-06 11:13:24
Message-ID: CAA4eK1Kd6vP1g5pJXoiPgfLQsn54hecsc06hxpNWV-9_xMa+5Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM Julien Tachoires <julmon(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> When the content of a large transaction (size exceeding
> logical_decoding_work_mem) and its sub-transactions has to be
> reordered during logical decoding, then, all the changes are written
> on disk in temporary files located in pg_replslot/<slot_name>.
> Decoding very large transactions by multiple replication slots can
> lead to disk space saturation and high I/O utilization.
>

Why can't one use 'streaming' option to send changes to the client
once it reaches the configured limit of 'logical_decoding_work_mem'?

>
> 2. Do we want a GUC to switch compression on/off?
>

It depends on the overhead of decoding. Did you try to measure the
decoding overhead of decompression when reading compressed files?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

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