Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)
Date
Msg-id 20170321194811.GG16918@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 04:43:58PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > I don't think it makes sense to try and save bits and add complexity
> > when we have no idea if we will ever use them,
> 
> If we find ourselves in dire need of additional bits, there is a known
> mechanism to get back 2 bits from old-style VACUUM FULL.  I assume that
> the reason nobody has bothered to write the code for that is that
> there's no *that* much interest.

We have no way of tracking if users still have pages that used the bits
via pg_upgrade before they were removed.

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