Re: [PERFORM] BUG #4919: CREATE USER command slows down system performance

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, toruvinn <toruvinn(at)lain(dot)pl>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] BUG #4919: CREATE USER command slows down system performance
Date: 2009-08-08 17:57:05
Message-ID: 20090808175705.GC6394@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Well, it's a TO-THINK-ABOUT anyway. I think the appropriate next step
> would not be to write code, but to do a detailed investigation of what
> would be gained or lost. I don't remember exactly what we do with the
> flat-file contents.

Maybe what we need is not to get rid of the flat files, but to speed
them up. If we're worried about speed in the pg_authid flatfile, and
come up with a solution to that problem, what will we do with the
pg_database flatfile when it grows too large? We can't just get rid of
it, because autovacuum needs to access it.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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