Re: A few new options for CHECKPOINT

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, "tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)fujitsu(dot)com" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: A few new options for CHECKPOINT
Date: 2020-12-07 02:22:01
Message-ID: X82RyaGPsfgp0aD5@paquier.xyz
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On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:03:08AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Alvaro Herrera (alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org) wrote:
>> You keep making this statement, and I don't necessarily disagree, but if
>> that is the case, please explain why don't we have
>> checkpoint_completion_target set to 0.9 by default? Should we change
>> that?
>
> Yes, I do think we should change that..

Agreed. FWIW, no idea for others, but it is one of those parameters I
keep telling to update after a default installation.

> In fact, I'd argue that we can
> probably get rid of checkpoint_completion_target entirely as an option.
> The main argument against that is that it could be annoying for people
> upgrading, but changing the default to 0.9 would definitely be an
> improvement.

Not sure there is enough ground to do that though.
--
Michael

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