Re: SLRU optimization - configurable buffer pool and partitioning the SLRU lock

On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 4:55 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
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> IMO the whole area of SLRU buffering is in horrible shape and many users
> are struggling with overall PG performance because of it. An
> improvement doesn't have to be perfect -- it just has to be much better
> than the current situation, which should be easy enough. We can
> continue to improve later, using more scalable algorithms or ones that
> allow us to raise the limits higher.

I agree with this.

> The only point on which we do not have full consensus yet is the need to
> have one GUC per SLRU, and a lot of effort seems focused on trying to
> fix the problem without adding so many GUCs (for example, using shared
> buffers instead, or use a single "scaling" GUC). I think that hinders
> progress. Let's just add multiple GUCs, and users can leave most of
> them alone and only adjust the one with which they have a performance
> problems; it's not going to be the same one for everybody.

+1

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Dilip Kumar
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