Re: [GENERAL] effective_io_concurrency increasing - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andreas Kretschmer
Subject Re: [GENERAL] effective_io_concurrency increasing
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In response to [GENERAL] effective_io_concurrency increasing  (Patrick B <patrickbakerbr@gmail.com>)
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Am 19.06.2017 um 03:02 schrieb Patrick B:
> Hi guys.
>
> I just wanna understand the effective_io_concurrency value better.
>
> My current Master database server has 16 vCPUS and I
> use effective_io_concurrency = 0.
>
> What can be the benefits of increasing that number? Also, do you guys
> have any recommendations?
>
>
as far as i know, at the moment only bitmap-index-scans would benefit
from higher values. You can try 16 or 32 as starting point.
(if you have a proper io-controller with cache)


(it has nothing to do with parallel execution of queries)


Regards, Andreas

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