Re: file cloning in pg_upgrade and CREATE DATABASE - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: file cloning in pg_upgrade and CREATE DATABASE
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Msg-id CA+TgmobyLhndujqZ3p6CVq0+vP95h7=_xQj+-CWsLD9_5EDBCA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to file cloning in pg_upgrade and CREATE DATABASE  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:00 PM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Some example measurements:
>
> 6 GB database, pg_upgrade unpatched 30 seconds, patched 3 seconds (XFS
> and APFS)
>
> similar for a CREATE DATABASE from a large template
>
> Even if you don't have a file system with cloning support, the special
> library calls make copying faster.  For example, on APFS, in this
> example, an unpatched CREATE DATABASE takes 30 seconds, with the library
> call (but without cloning) it takes 10 seconds.

Nice results.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


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