Re: pg_upgrade: Pass -j down to vacuumdb

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, jesper(dot)pedersen(at)redhat(dot)com
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jamison, Kirk" <k(dot)jamison(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, "fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com" <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade: Pass -j down to vacuumdb
Date: 2019-03-26 11:28:34
Message-ID: 2c054085-0b68-c049-d6d8-8b74852b4c73@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-03-25 22:57, Tom Lane wrote:
> + fprintf(script, "echo %sYou may wish to add --jobs=N for parallel analyzing.%s\n",
> + ECHO_QUOTE, ECHO_QUOTE);

But then you get that information after you have already started the script.

I don't find any information about this analyze business on the
pg_upgrade reference page. Maybe a discussion there could explain the
different paths better than making the output script extra complicated.

Essentially: If you want a slow and gentle analyze, use the supplied
script. If you want a fast analyze, use vacuumdb, perhaps with an
appropriate --jobs option. Note that pg_upgrade --jobs and vacuumdb
--jobs are resource-bound in different ways, so the same value might not
be appropriate for both.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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