Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Sync vs. fsync during checkpoint - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Sync vs. fsync during checkpoint
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Msg-id 21793.1076376425@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Sync vs. fsync during checkpoint  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
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Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com> writes:
> Doing this is not just what you call it. In a system with let's say 500 
> active backends on a database with let's say 1000 things that are 
> represented as a file, you'll need half a million virtual file descriptors.

[shrug]  We've been dealing with virtual file descriptors for years.
I've seen no indication that they create any performance bottlenecks.
        regards, tom lane


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