Re: 8.4 open item: copy performance regression?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Alan Li <ali(at)truviso(dot)com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.4 open item: copy performance regression?
Date: 2009-06-22 14:27:17
Message-ID: 16598.1245680837@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Alan Li <ali(at)truviso(dot)com> writes:
>>> How much concern is there for the contention for use cases where the WAL
>>> can't be bypassed?
>>
>> If you mean "is something going to be done about it in 8.4", the
>> answer is "no". This is a pre-existing issue that there is no simple
>> fix for.

> I thought he was asking if we intend to provide for WAL bypass on a
> table by table basis in future.

I thought he was asking for a solution to the problem of WALInsertLock
contention. In any case, we have "WAL bypass on a table by table basis"
now, don't we?

regards, tom lane

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