Re: checkpoints, proper config - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: checkpoints, proper config
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Msg-id 566B6024.4030801@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Re: checkpoints, proper config  (Tory M Blue <tmblue@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-performance
On 12/10/15 2:58 PM, Tory M Blue wrote:
> This is a slony slave node, so I'm not too worried about this particular
> host losing it's data, thus fsync is off,

The Amazon RDS team actually benchmarked fsync=off vs sync commit off
and discovered that you get better performance turning sync commit off
and leaving fsync alone in some cases. In other cases the difference
isn't enough to be worth it.
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
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