Re: Do we need pre-allocate WAL files during end-of-recovery checkpoint?

From: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Do we need pre-allocate WAL files during end-of-recovery checkpoint?
Date: 2021-12-07 08:24:44
Message-ID: CALj2ACWWGUnq1oYcTVF7NNUCFEn7Osnnza1dz789U6E8bmoqYA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 12:35 AM SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM
<satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> If the segment size is 16MB it shouldn't take much time but higher segment values this can be a problem. But again, the current segment has to be filled 75% to precreate new one. I am not sure how much we gain. Do you have some numbers with different segment sizes?

I don't have the numbers. However I agree that the pre-allocation can
make end-of-recovery checkpoint times more. At times, the
end-of-recovery checkpoint itself will take a good amount of time and
adding to it the pre-allocation of WAL time doesn't make sense.

Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.

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