Re: Separating bgwriter and checkpointer - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: Separating bgwriter and checkpointer
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Msg-id 4E789F95.8070300@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: Separating bgwriter and checkpointer  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: Separating bgwriter and checkpointer
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On 20.09.2011 16:49, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Isn't there also the advantage of that work put in two different
> processes can use two different CPU cores? Or is that likely to never
> ever come in play here?

You would need one helluva I/O system to saturate even a single CPU, 
just by doing write+fsync.

--   Heikki Linnakangas  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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