Re: Disk I/O Question

From: Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>
To: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Disk I/O Question
Date: 2015-11-10 15:30:15
Message-ID: CAEzk6ffAwoR=RUnuaJNmC9cVrXWYmCuRtcCTWP4+ekGg9E-ftA@mail.gmail.com
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On 10 November 2015 at 14:34, teeeebro <terryb(at)esi(dot)net> wrote:

> We have a third party application that uses PostgreSQL for the database
> engine. Performance writing to our Dell Compellent SAN is lacking.
>
> What I've read about PostgreSQL is that it's a single-thread disk I/O
> system
> where only one read/write operation executes at a time.
>
> Can you tell me if this is correct?
>


There's a similar thread here that might be worth a read:

http://postgresql.nabble.com/concurrent-IO-in-postgres-td3316768.html​

​Geoff​

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