Re: Bumping block size to 16K on FreeBSD... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bumping block size to 16K on FreeBSD...
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Msg-id 12353.1062099179@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Bumping block size to 16K on FreeBSD...  (Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>)
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Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> writes:
> Are there any objections
> to me increasing the block size for FreeBSD installations to 16K for
> the upcoming 7.4 release?

I'm a little uncomfortable with introducing a cross-platform variation
in the standard block size.  That would have implications for things
like whether a table definition that works on FreeBSD could be expected
to work elsewhere; to say nothing of recommendations for shared_buffer
settings and suchlike.

Also, there is no infrastructure for adjusting BLCKSZ automatically at
configure time, and I don't much want to add it.
        regards, tom lane


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