Re: PostgreSQL 64 Bit XIDs - Transaction IDs

From: Gerhard Wiesinger <lists(at)wiesinger(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 64 Bit XIDs - Transaction IDs
Date: 2012-03-23 19:15:16
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, Tom Lane wrote:

> Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Gerhard Wiesinger <lists(at)wiesinger(dot)com> wrote:
>>> So I think XID overflow should be planned for one of the next PostgreSQL
>>> releases.
>
>> two mitigating factors:
>> 1. read only transactions do not increment xid counter
>
> Yes. Ask your admin what his throughput of *data modifying*
> transactions is. I'll bet that number is a few orders of magnitude
> smaller again.

That were all small writing transactions benchmarking the database (with
the corrected values discussed).

Ciao,
Gerhard

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