Re: synchronous commit vs. hint bits - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: synchronous commit vs. hint bits
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Msg-id CA+TgmoYQgDnrhmbBnYRgW60wwd85D7kPZ5EK3=9vOtyfF3Ur-g@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: synchronous commit vs. hint bits  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: synchronous commit vs. hint bits
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:42 AM, YAMAMOTO Takashi
<yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> 5. Make the WAL writer more responsive, maybe using latches, so that
>>>> it doesn't take as long for the commit record to make it out to disk.
>>>
>>> I'm working on this already as part of the update for power
>>> reduction/group commit/replication performance.
>>
>> I extracted this from my current patch for you to test.
>
> is it expected to produce more frequent fsync?

Yes, I would expect that.  What kind of increase are you seeing?  Is
it causing a problem for you, or are you just making an observation?

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Robert Haas
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