Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint" - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint"
Date
Msg-id 20071210014839.GA7240@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint"  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
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Greg Smith wrote:

> It's good this came up, because that is factually wrong; while the average
> case is much better some OS-dependant aspects of the spike (what happens at
> fsync) are certainly still there.  I think it's easier to rewrite this
> whole thing so it's technically accurate rather than a simple fix of the
> wording, something like this:
>
> "Checkpoint writes can be spread over a longer time period to smooth the
> I/O spike during each checkpoint"

Thanks, I changed it to this.

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Alvaro Herrera                        http://www.advogato.org/person/alvherre
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