Use windows VMs instead of windows containers on the CI - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi,

I propose using windows VMs instead of containers, the patch is attached. Currently, windows containers are used on the CI, but these container images are needs to get pulled on every CI run, also they are slow to run.

These VM images are created in the same way how container images are created [1].

The comparison between VMs and containers are (based on d952373a98 and with same numbers of CPU and memory):

Scheduling step:

Execution step:

There is more than 2x speed gain when VMs are used.

[1] https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/blob/main/packer/windows.pkr.hcl
[2] https://cirrus-ci.com/build/4720774045499392
[3] https://cirrus-ci.com/build/5468256027279360

Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz
Microsoft