Re: enable parallel query by default? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: enable parallel query by default?
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Msg-id 20160208212443.44a2vgjcfjhqltep@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to enable parallel query by default?  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Re: enable parallel query by default?
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Hi,

On 2016-02-08 16:07:05 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> One of the questions I have about parallel query is whether it should
> be enabled by default.  That is, should we make the default value of
> max_parallel_degree to a value higher than 0?  Perhaps 1, say?
> 
> There are some good reasons why this might be a bad idea, such as:
> 
> - As discussed on a nearby thread, there is every possibility of nasty
> bugs.

I think that's an argument to enable it till at least beta1. Let's
change the default, and add an item to the open items list to reconsider
then.

Andres



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