Re: [HACKERS] Should we cacheline align PGXACT? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Should we cacheline align PGXACT?
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Msg-id 20170221113705.ud2wgee36yclewoc@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Should we cacheline align PGXACT?  (Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coek88@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Should we cacheline align PGXACT?  (Alexander Korotkov <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru>)
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Hi,

On 2017-02-21 16:57:36 +0530, Ashutosh Sharma wrote:
> Yes, there is still some regression however it has come down by a
> small margin. I am not doing initdb for each run instead I am doing,
> dropdb-->createdb-->pgbench -i. Is dropping old database and creating
> a new one for every run not okay, Do I have to do initdb every time.
> Okay, I can change the order of reading and let you know the results.

That does make a difference. Primarily because WAL writes in a new
cluster are a more expensive than in an old one, because of segment
recycling.

- Andres



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