Re: pg_dump & performance degradation

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump & performance degradation
Date: 2000-08-01 04:56:51
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20000801145651.02f0e520@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 14:38 1/08/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:
>
>Is this the sort of problem that nice() might solve, or not?
>

Doesn't seem to; the problem is the IO, I think. Besides, it's a bad idea
to change priorities on backend processes (which is where most of the work
is done).

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