Re: multi-worker pg_restore was: 8.3 / 8.2.6 restore comparison - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: multi-worker pg_restore was: 8.3 / 8.2.6 restore comparison
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Msg-id 10055.1204069193@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to multi-worker pg_restore was: 8.3 / 8.2.6 restore comparison  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: multi-worker pg_restore was: 8.3 / 8.2.6 restore comparison  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> However one observation that I am going to (try) to test is that we are
> spending a lot of time waiting for the last thread to finish.

IOW you haven't balanced the work given to each thread very well?
Or is there something else happening?

How exactly are you allocating tasks to threads in this prototype,
anyway?
        regards, tom lane


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