Thomas Swan <tswan(at)idigx(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'm a little uncomfortable with introducing a cross-platform variation
>> in the standard block size.
>>
> Has anyone looked at changing the default block size across the board
> and what the performance improvements/penalties might be? Hardware has
> changed quite a bit over the years.
Not that I know of. That might actually be a more reasonable proposal
than changing it only on one platform. It would take a fair amount
of legwork to generate enough evidence to convince people, though ...
regards, tom lane