On 2015-07-03 07:38:15 +0200, Fabien COELHO wrote:
> I've submitted a patch to improve checkpoint write scheduling, including X00
> hours of performance test on various cases. This patch changes significantly
> the load distribution over the whole checkpoint, and AFAICS has been tested
> on rather small cases.
>
> I'm not sure that the power 1.5 is the right one for all cases. For a big
> checkpoint over 30 minutes, it may have, or not, very large and possibly
> unwanted effects. Maybe the 1.5 factor should really be a guc. Well, what I
> really think is that it needs performance measures.
>
> In conclusion, and very egoistically, I would prefer if this patch could
> wait for the checkpoint scheduling patch to be considered, as it would
> basically invalidate the X00 hours of performance tests I ran:-)
These two patches target pretty independent mechanics. If you patch were
significantly influenced by this something would be wrong. It might
decrease the benefit of your patch a mite, but that's not really a
problem.
