Greg Smith wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Is there a value to this test_fsync test?
> >
> > Compare open_sync with different sizes:
> > (This is designed to compare the cost of one large
> > sync'ed write and two smaller sync'ed writes.)
> > open_sync 16k write 242.563 ops/sec
> > 2 open_sync 8k writes 752.752 ops/sec
> >
> > It compares the cost of doing larger vs. two smaller open_sync writes.
> >
>
> Might be some value for determining things like what the optimal WAL
> block size to use is. All these tests are kind of hard to use
> effectively still, I'm not sure if it's time to start trimming tests yet
> until we've made more progress on interpreting results first.
OK, thanks for the feedback. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a
stupid test.
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