Re: Understanding pg_stat_io.evictions

From: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>
To: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Understanding pg_stat_io.evictions
Date: 2023-07-31 07:57:23
Message-ID: GV0P278MB0419D67F8EA158F25D4D8E29D205A@GV0P278MB0419.CHEP278.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
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>> postgres=# insert into t select i, md5(i::text), md5(i::text), md5(i::text) from generate_series(1,1000000) i;
>..
>> client backend | 207 | normal
>> client backend | 0 | vacuum
>>
>> Shouldn't these evictions show up under context blkwrite? The description in docs is:

>No, that's not the case because INSERT doesn't execute a bulk
>write. It is is only performed during COPY FROM, and the write side of
>some other comands, such as CREATE AS (and some internal table-copy
>operations.).

Thanks, makes sense.

>> As far as I understand this, a ring buffer is used in this case. Do I miss something?

>Maybe you're confusiong it with bulk-read cases?

Yes, you're right.

Thank you
Daniel

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