Re: increasing the default WAL segment size

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Beena Emerson <memissemerson(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: tushar <tushar(dot)ahuja(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Prabhat Sahu <prabhat(dot)sahu(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh(dot)2007(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: increasing the default WAL segment size
Date: 2017-03-25 15:36:37
Message-ID: 3da80f0f-dc39-286b-d772-080becea095a@2ndquadrant.com
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On 3/24/17 19:13, David Steele wrote:
> Behavior for the current default of 16MB is unchanged, and all other
> sizes go through a logical progression.

Just at a glance, without analyzing the math behind it, this scheme
seems super confusing.

>
> 1GB:
> 000000010000000000000040
> 000000010000000000000080
> 0000000100000000000000C0
> 000000010000000100000000
>
> 256GB:
>
> 000000010000000000000010
> 000000010000000000000020
> 000000010000000000000030
> ...
> 0000000100000000000000E0
> 0000000100000000000000F0
> 000000010000000100000000
>
> 64GB:
>
> 000000010000000100000004
> 000000010000000100000008
> 00000001000000010000000C
> ...
> 0000000100000001000000F8
> 0000000100000001000000FC
> 000000010000000100000000

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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