Increase default maintenance_io_concurrency to 16

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Increase default maintenance_io_concurrency to 16
Date: 2025-03-18 20:22:45
Message-ID: Z9nWFVBx3OJSwqg6@momjian.us
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 04:13:26PM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2025-03-18 16:08:22 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > This commit makes our default random_page_cost = 4 out of line with
> > these new settings (assumes modern SSD/NAS/SAN hardware) and more out of
> > line with reality.
>
> How so? That seems like an independent consideration to me.

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Uh, I think our old random_page_cost and *_io_concurrency assumed
magnetic disks --- now *_io_concurrency assumes more modern hardware and
random_page_cost assumes magnetic.

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